Re: Adding new USB Storage device?

From: Ed Skinner (Ed_at_REMOVETHIS.flat5.net)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:51:42 -0700

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:50:37 -0400, Michael Meissner wrote:

> Dances With Crows <danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@usa.net> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:02:51 -0700, Ed Skinner staggered into the Black
>> Sun and said:
>> > What's involved in adding support for a new USB storage device? The
>> > device in question is now listed as supported but on the older Linux
>> > (Red Hat 8) system I have, the device isn't recognized (as supported).
>>
>> USB device support is all done in the kernel, so upgrade your kernel to
>> the latest version available. There may be a prebuilt RPM for a 2.4.24
>> or so kernel for the ancient Redhat 8. Try that first.
>>
>> If that doesn't work, read the Kernel-Compilation HOWTO, download the
>> 2.4.26 source tarball from kernel.org, untar it, "make menuconfig", set
>> all the options appropriately following the directions in the HOWTO,
>> "make bzImage modules modules_install", add the new kernel to your GRUB
>> or LILO configuration, rerun LILO if necessary, reboot. I always build
>> my own kernels from official source because I don't trust Redhat or
>> indeed any distro manufacturer to get it right. YMMV. HTH,
>
> One thing to try is both older and newer kernels. Right now, 2.6.9 breaks
> two of my USB devices (a portable disk drive that copies my digital camera
> media cards to the disk, and an disk enclosure that I keep a DVD burner
> in). I found by going back to 2.6.6 both devices worked again (one device
> worked in 2.6.8, but the other didn't).

Bingo, that did it. Thanks!

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