USB External Multi card readers question

[Haggard@abuse.com]

Some of them come with the drivers for W98. And some of them have USB
ports on them.

My question is: does this allow you to read thumbdrives that don't
come with W98 drivers? Obviously they'd have to be formatted in Fat 16
or 32.

As a second question (and even though it's not W98 related) has anyone
used one of these with Linux? Specifcially Suse.
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[Ingeborg]

wrote:

> Some of them come with the drivers for W98. And some of them have USB
> ports on them.
>
> My question is: does this allow you to read thumbdrives that don't
> come with W98 drivers? Obviously they'd have to be formatted in Fat 16
> or 32.
>

No. That USB port is just an USB port.

 

[Dan]

In order to get USB support for Windows 98 S.E. --- not generally available
in original Windows 98 today --- you usually have to download and install the
driver from the manufacturer's website before the flash (thumb) drive will
work. I have not yet used Linux but it is on my list of things to do as well
as buying a modern Apple laptop sometime next year.

"Haggard@abuse.com" wrote:

> Some of them come with the drivers for W98. And some of them have USB
> ports on them.
>
> My question is: does this allow you to read thumbdrives that don't
> come with W98 drivers? Obviously they'd have to be formatted in Fat 16
> or 32.
>
> As a second question (and even though it's not W98 related) has anyone
> used one of these with Linux? Specifcially Suse.
> --
> reply to cqcq68a at something like uniserve dot com
> Running Agent with WINE under Suse 10.0
>

 

[Haggard@abuse.com]

On 05 Sep 2007 07:17:38 GMT, Ingeborg <a@b.invalid> wrote:

> wrote:
>
>> Some of them come with the drivers for W98. And some of them have USB
>> ports on them.
>>
>> My question is: does this allow you to read thumbdrives that don't
>> come with W98 drivers? Obviously they'd have to be formatted in Fat 16
>> or 32.
>>
>
>No. That USB port is just an USB port.

So basically it's just a pass-through to replace the port used on the
computer? Dang. It would have been nice if it read thumbdrives.
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[Haggard@abuse.com]

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 04:46:01 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>In order to get USB support for Windows 98 S.E. --- not generally available
>in original Windows 98 today --- you usually have to download and install the
>driver from the manufacturer's website before the flash (thumb) drive will
>work. I have not yet used Linux but it is on my list of things to do as well
>as buying a modern Apple laptop sometime next year.

I have an Asus P5PE which came with the W98 drivers for the onboard
USB2.0. But you're right that I need individual drivers for each
Thumbdrive. It would have been nie to find something that would
eliminate that. According to the Suse NG the readers work just fine.
If worse comes to worse I can use the Suse box to transfer files over.

Thanks for all the input.


>
>"Haggard@abuse.com" wrote:
>
>> Some of them come with the drivers for W98. And some of them have USB
>> ports on them.
>>
>> My question is: does this allow you to read thumbdrives that don't
>> come with W98 drivers? Obviously they'd have to be formatted in Fat 16
>> or 32.
>>
>> As a second question (and even though it's not W98 related) has anyone
>> used one of these with Linux? Specifcially Suse.
>> --
>> reply to cqcq68a at something like uniserve dot com
>> Running Agent with WINE under Suse 10.0
>>
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[MEB]

<Haggard@abuse.com> wrote in message
news:j981e3ljmorp5fe52cl1khg4ditet89495@4ax.com...
| On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 04:46:01 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com>
| wrote:
|
| >In order to get USB support for Windows 98 S.E. --- not generally
available
| >in original Windows 98 today --- you usually have to download and install
the
| >driver from the manufacturer's website before the flash (thumb) drive
will
| >work. I have not yet used Linux but it is on my list of things to do as
well
| >as buying a modern Apple laptop sometime next year.
|
| I have an Asus P5PE which came with the W98 drivers for the onboard
| USB2.0. But you're right that I need individual drivers for each
| Thumbdrive. It would have been nie to find something that would
| eliminate that. According to the Suse NG the readers work just fine.
| If worse comes to worse I can use the Suse box to transfer files over.
|
| Thanks for all the input.
|

You could always try the universal driver by Maximus Decim. Requires USB
2.0, uninstalling ALL previous USB drivers, and install the mod. Latest
version is 3.1 I believe - Can get it several places > Axcel216/MDGX, MSFN.
etc. - look for NUSB31.EXE


|
| >
| >"Haggard@abuse.com" wrote:
| >
| >> Some of them come with the drivers for W98. And some of them have USB
| >> ports on them.
| >>
| >> My question is: does this allow you to read thumbdrives that don't
| >> come with W98 drivers? Obviously they'd have to be formatted in Fat 16
| >> or 32.
| >>
| >> As a second question (and even though it's not W98 related) has anyone
| >> used one of these with Linux? Specifcially Suse.
| >> --
| >> reply to cqcq68a at something like uniserve dot com
| >> Running Agent with WINE under Suse 10.0
| >>
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[John Dulak]

Haggard@abuse.com wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 04:46:01 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In order to get USB support for Windows 98 S.E. --- not generally available
>> in original Windows 98 today --- you usually have to download and install the
>> driver from the manufacturer's website before the flash (thumb) drive will
>> work. I have not yet used Linux but it is on my list of things to do as well
>> as buying a modern Apple laptop sometime next year.
>
> I have an Asus P5PE which came with the W98 drivers for the onboard
> USB2.0. But you're right that I need individual drivers for each
> Thumbdrive. It would have been nie to find something that would
> eliminate that. According to the Suse NG the readers work just fine.
> If worse comes to worse I can use the Suse box to transfer files over.
>
> Thanks for all the input.
>

Haggard:


Try the unoffocial "universal" USB driver for W98 available here:

http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

Discussion:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=43605

It works with both USB version 1 and 2 and supports most kinds of USB
"Mass Storage" dvices. I,ve used it with a variety of flash drives and
even a digital camera.

HTH & GL

John


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[Haggard@abuse.com]

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:33:38 GMT, John Dulak <Johnd@Boogus.com> wrote:


>Try the unoffocial "universal" USB driver for W98 available here:
>
>http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php
>
>Discussion:
>http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=43605
>
>It works with both USB version 1 and 2 and supports most kinds of USB
>"Mass Storage" dvices. I,ve used it with a variety of flash drives and
> even a digital camera.
>
>HTH & GL
>
>John

Thanks for the info. I'll give this a try if/when I have to re-install
W98. Right now if I have to transfer any files from a non-W98 drive I
can copy them to a supported drive via my Suse box.
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