[ale] nomad zen and linux

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Fri Dec 19 20:14:38 EST 2003


Stephen Turner wrote:
>>If your cam is sda1 then the player may well be sda2.  Depends on if the
>>
>>cam is still connected while you're trying to connect the player. 
>>That's one thing I don't like about usb.  Which ever device is connected
>>
>>first gets the first device.  Makes it difficult to set up /etc/fstab. 
>>I know hotplug is supposed to deal with that, but I've not found a 
>>working solution.
> 
> 
> well thats just it it isnt sda1 or 2
> i havent updated my firmware on the nomad yet from 1.00.04 dont know if
> that makes an issue didnt notice anything on the site but the thing wont
> even mount as a external hard disk on windoze! i thought thats how this
> thing was supposed to work? or do you need specific software to make it
> tick? that would kinda spoil it in most aspects. i was hoping for a file
> sharing mp3 playing toy lol

Yes, you will need drivers for it.  What does 'lsusb' return once you've 
got it hooked up?


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