On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:01:17PM -0400, Colin wrote: > John J. Foster wrote: > > >Good evening all. My San Disk ImageMate dual reader said goodbye to our > >family today. She should have left a few months ago. > > > >So, what I'm searching for is a replacement reader. I saw some good > >reviews for ImageMate® 8-in-1 Reader/Writer. I don't really need all > >eight, but so what. What I'd really like, though, is the ability plug > >and unplug cards while the reader remains attached via usb2 or firewire. > >My old San Disk gave me problems for years. Sometimes no connection. > >Sometimes inserted card could be any of sdb[1-15]. Udev helped with this > >a little, but basically the reader was a POS (for you wtf users). I'm > >looking for something that will react the same every time. > > > >Any recommendations? > > > I've got an AFT PRO-9. It's a 9-in-1 connects via USB 2.0 > internally/externally and has Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, > SmartMedia, xDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash, > MicroDrive and a 4-pin FireWire 400 port (pass-through, you need a > FireWire port somewhere on your computer). > > I've only tested it with an SD card, and it seems to work perfectly. > > To use this, you need to compile in SCSI support (the same you need for > USB Mass Storage) and make sure you select the "Probe all LUN's" option. > > -- > Colin Colin,
Thanks for the good advice. I meant to write back earlier, but ....... Although I've only used the CF port so far, all 4 physical ports were correctly recognized, and the appropriate devices created. Life is good again. John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer.
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