RE: USB Pen Drives.

Hello

I think I first sent this to the wrong address, so I'm sending it again.

I have a USB Pen Drive that I use with Knoppix 3.4 while it's booted from
the CD ROM i.e. so I can transfer files to and from my Windows NT4 drive
(Windows NT4 does not support USB so Knoppix is great for me with this). My
USB Pen Drive is a 128mb "PQI Traveling Disk 2.0" (USB 2.0 Plus - whatever
that means). I did not need to do any re-formatting or use cfdisk or
anything like that with my USB Pen Drive, I just have to make sure the drive
is mounted etc.

Have fun

Peter Mount
info-WnMY9/67OiaRzhckbKSi8wC/[email protected]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Matthew Yates
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2004 1:55
> To: John Culleton; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [debian-knoppix] USB Pen Drives.
>
>
> John,
>
> You may have to re-format them before use.  Some come
> with a strange partition table that Linux doesn't
> like.  There is a post about this on the Libranet
> forum:
>
> http://forum.libranet.com/viewtopic.php?t=4208&highlight=
>
> Before you use the pen drive, try running cfdisk on
> it.  If cfdisk fails, you will need to re-format it.
> Use fdisk to create a blank DOS partition table, then
> use qtparted to create a single FAT32 partition and
> format it.
>
> I highly recommend the "Intelligent Stick" from PQI.
> The 128 MB version is $31 from Newegg:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-214-0
04&depa=0

It has the smallest form factor and two of them will
fit in a credit card sized case for your wallet.

-Matt

--- John Culleton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am thinking of getting one. Does Knoppix recognize
> the
> device automatically? Do I need to format it before
> use?
> Any recommended models in the 32MB range? Other
> hints?
>
>
> --
> John Culleton
> Able Typesetters and Indexers
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>
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