[Tfug] USB drive/MP3 combo on linux

[chaz]

I've been doing a little research myself vis-a-vis my earlier posting 
about using the SD RAM [via USB] for my digital camera to store files on 
a computer booting Knoppix.   It would appear that there is some sort of 
basic compatibility insofar as some flavors of the Sharp Zarus PDA run 
linux and us SD RAM 
[http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html]  Any number of 
MP# players also use SD RAM.  That said, I'm still a bit skittish since 
the 'SD' = Secure Digital part of the equation seems to have been 
dreamed up by the RIAA to slow down copyright infringement.

I'll be ordering a 256 mb chip and accompanying USB reader in the next 
couple of days.  Will report on success or failure.

Chaz

Terence Rudkin wrote:

>On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 08:25, Jeremy Rogers wrote:
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>>I was looking at these over the past week.  Some even have an fm tuner
>>and a mic for voice recording all in a package slightly bigger than a
>>zippo.  Its getting hard to resist. :-)
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>Yes, mp3, FM and voice recorder.  If I find one that supports ogg,
>consider it mine. 
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>>My question: Some say specifically on the package that they can be
>>used to transfer files, while others do not. I suspect that as long as
>>they are USB storage device all is well, but does anyone know if any
>>of these will not work if I put non-mp3 files on them?
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>>From my reading some that do not state USB storage have proprietary file
>systems.  So I would not trust them to store just any file, though I am
>sure some would work.  
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>>Cheers,
>>JDR
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>TR
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