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[] 2nd May 2003 Last week, Hersey showed me a little card reader that took 3 different types of memory cards and connects to the computer with USB. He had it working under Windows, so we experimented and plugged it into my Linux box at work. It worked without any problems at all. This made me think. I'd been thinking about these new little devices that are basically memory sticks that plug into USB ports and allow you to transfer 'vital' information between your computers. Sneakernet revisited.

These devices start at about $60 for a 32 meg device, and go up to $180 for a 128 meg device. That's not worth it to me. But the small device that Hersey showed me was only $40.

I already had a few memory sticks for my so all I really needed was a little reader like this and I had one of those devices. Time to hit the shops and see what was available.

I went to BestBuy and found the same card reader that Hersey had found. $40 and it handles the three main types of memory cards. But right beside it was the baby brother (PNY Technologies USB Memory Stick Reader/Writer FPTS2-K), a card reader that handles only the Sony memory sticks, but only costs $15.

Now that's more like it. And it was pretty small too. The footprint is almost exactly the same size as a credit card, but it's a lot, lot thicker, about 1 cm thick. For $15, I was willing to experiment and see how if it worked okay with Linux and would do what I wanted. I got it home and started playing. The package contained the memory card reader, a USB extension cable, a small single page manual for Windows users and a CDROM for Windows users.

Before I opened the package, I couldn't see how the USB cable connected to the device. There were no openings big enough. I didn't read the instruction sheet. Who needs to read the instruction manual anyway? So I puzzled at this little device and fiddle and pushed and pulled and then found out where the USB connections are made.

The back section opens up and it's got its own USB cable inside. It's a fully self-contained unit. If you're using it with a laptop, you won't need the USB extension cable. And if your USB ports are on the front of your computer and you have your machine near your face, then you won't need the USB extension cable either. Now that was pretty neat. The cable pulls out, and there's a little hole in the back so you can shut the case again. I have my computer already set up to, so I tailed /var/log/messages, then connected the device to my USB port.

Andre De Dienes Marilyn Monroe Book. It recognised the device but gave an error because there was no memory stick in it. May 3 21:54:24 cerebus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-2, assigned address 3 May 3 21:54:27 cerebus /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product 416/7722/100 May 3 21:54:27 cerebus kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver. May 3 21:54:27 cerebus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage May 3 21:54:27 cerebus kernel: scsi2: SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices May 3 21:54:27 cerebus kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 May 3 21:54:27 cerebus kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.

I unplugged it, inserted a memory stick, and plugged it back in. The little light on top of the device flickered red a few times. Then complete success, exactly as if I had attached my camera. May 3 21:55:46 cerebus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-2, assigned address 4 May 3 21:55:49 cerebus /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product 416/7722/100 May 3 21:56:17 cerebus kernel: sda: sda1 I already have an entry in for my camera: /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat noauto,users 0 0 so I just mounted the reader with mount /mnt/camera and it was available and I could access the files and directories and do what I wanted with the memory stick. This was pretty cool. I played around with it a fair bit and found only one minor glitch.