Forge on Fri, 27 Dec 2002 12:19:04 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] usb 2.0 pci card?


I have a perfectly good four port NEC-powered USB2 PCI card here I'll trade you for pickup and a pizza (negotiable). It came with an Asus A7M266-D motherboard which has since passed on.

Rich 'Forge' Mingin
610-630-0319

jon wrote:

I'm actually moving this drive from my Windows XP-based laptop, which has
one of those external USB 2.0 pc cards that I can plug in, to a more
permanent home, connected to my little linux server. The goal is to make it
so I can access it wirelessly from my laptop without having to physically
plug into anything.

The linux box in question, an old celeron-based eMachines box of dubious
quality, only has a single USB 1.1 based port, which I'm currently using for
my printer.

	-- jon

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 9:54 AM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] usb 2.0 pci card?


If you already have a USB drive, don't you also have an existing USB port?

A Windows (FAT16 or FAT32) formatted drive won't be a problem at all; I
wouldn't mess with NTFS.


jon wrote:



want to go one step further and share my USB 2.0 drive as well.

So... here's my question. What's a good USB 2.0 pci card to pick up?
Mandrake 9 seems to support usb 2 well, as far as I can tell.... is there
anything else one needs to keep in mind? Also, am I going to experience
major headaches trying to use a windows formatted HD?






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