Linux and USB devices

jaycee999 · 03-19-2002, 12:32 AM

Hello to all. I'm thinking about buying a USB cd-writer for my laptop. My question is , does linux have a lot of support for USB devices? If so, which product do I have the best chance of getting Linux to recognize and configure properly? I'm using Mandrake Linux 8.1 by the way. Thanks for any help you guys can give.

jayakrishnan · 03-19-2002, 05:28 AM

I actually dont know how many USB CD-Writers are available, or which company provides USB CD-writers

jaycee999 · 03-19-2002, 01:39 PM

Well I saw one in the paper from Iomega, but I don't know if Mandrake Linux works great with their products or not so...

figadiablo · 03-20-2002, 12:12 AM

Linux comes with usb support, i think you need kernel version 2.2 or up. I am running Red Hat 7.2 and Mandrake 8.1 and i am using a usb sandisk compact flash card reader and works perfectly under both distros. You can find more info about USB and Linux at http://www.linux-usb.org/ .
Anyways I am also using a Iomega parallel zip drive and never had any problems with it. probably the device you want will also work.

jaycee999 · 03-20-2002, 02:09 AM

Cool. Thanks for the info guys. Wish me luck.

neo77777 · 03-20-2002, 08:47 PM

Good luck!
AFAK USB CD-R/RW are not supported as of yet.