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PQI SD/MMC Card Reader
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1 18043 01-25-2004
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100% of reviewers $10.00 10.0



Description: single slot external sd/mmc card reader/writer.
uses the usb-storage module, and is detected as /dev/sda1 (on an otherwise ide system)
cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0416 ProdID=7723 Rev= 1.00
S: Product=USB SD Card Reader.
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=05 Prot=00 Driver=usb-storage
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=1ms
Keywords: usb sd secure digital card reader writer multimedia mmc flash
Connection Type: usb


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Old 01-25-2004, 10:25 PM   #1
Mortus Canis
 
Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Slackware, RHEL
Posts: 23

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $10.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.20
Distribution: Slackware 9.0



I added this to my /etc/fstab

/dev/sda1 /mnt/sd vfat noauto,noatime,user 0 0

the noatime reduces the writing that the card receives, because every time even an ls is done, the system updates the time on the file. I read this in Linux Journal.
 




  



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