Hi all, I'm moving back to uni and I'd really like to leave my big Windows machine behind, and just take my shuttle (running Gentoo).

There are only two things stopping me:

1) I just got a new smartphone (SPV C550) and I'll need to change the music/media I have on it.

2) The shuttle has no space for a DVD drive, and I would really like to have one available.

I'd be really grateful if someone could advise on the questions below:

1) The smartphone uses a mini-sd card as additional storage. I am guessing it has a filesystem like msdos/vfat.

When I plug the phone in on the linux box (USB), it is recognised, but no SCSI emulation like when using a memory stick.

I have a mini-sd -> sd adapter, but no card reader, so I'm not sure whether I can use my linux box to change its contents.

Does anyone think that, with an sd card reader, I'd be able to modify the data successfully? I'm on a tight budget so thought I'd ask before buying a potentially useless reader.

2) I have a DVD writer, which if I put in an external enclosure I could then free myself from Windows for DVD watching. USB/Firewire HDD support in Linux seems to be excellent, are people's experiences with watching DVDs using a drive attached by USB/Firewire good on the whole?

Thanks for your time!

Regarding the card reader question, I found this at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...10/readme.aspx :

Since I'm not interested in a synchronisation partnership, it appears that using a card reader is a valid option.

Any recommendations on the external enclosure?

Questions resolved.

1) The SPV C500/550 both use a standard FAT file system. Just mount the storage card as 'vfat'.