[Discussion] USB Device Access

[Niels Jensen]

Thank you very much. I have had some problems with USB stiks, which I have
received free, so I will see if the config.sys is set up correctly.

Regards, Niels

2007/2/22, Don Burch <theunk at telus.net>:
>
> It looks like this:
>
> IFS=C:\OS2\NTFS.IFS /AUTOCHECK:* /V
>
>
> BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBUHCD.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBUHCD.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBUHCD.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBD.SYS /I13 /REQ:USBUHCD$,USBOHCD$,USBEHCD$ /V
> BASEDEV=USBHID.SYS /V
> BASEDEV=USBMSD.ADD /FLOPPIES:0 /REMOVABLES:8 /V
> DEVICE=C:\ECS\BOOT\USBRESMG.SYS /V
>
> My mainboard has a lots of USB capability, thus some of my frustration
> when nothing was working.
>
> I hope this is of value to you.
>
> In response to James and Jon's comments, the saving grace to being an
> OS/2 user is this community. After the turmoil off the mid 90's, I
> recall being ready to chuck it all and go over to the dark side. I
> attended Warpstock Diamond Bar, Chicago and San Francisco, and all along
> stayed close to the Possi list.
> I listen to my coworkers complain about how their funny flag
> applications misbehave and just smile quietly.
>
> Thanks POSSI - all of you.
>
>
> Niels Jensen wrote:
> > Hej Don,
> >
> > Could you share the part of your config.sys, which relates to removables
> > and NTFS device with us?
> >
> > Regards, Niels
> >
> > 2007/2/18, Don Burch < theunk at telus.net <mailto:theunk at telus.net>>:
> >
> >       Jon,
> >       You win the prize!
> >       I set my removables to = 8, cleaned out a bunch of parameter
> settings
> >     that were not contributing and viola.
> >
> >       My 6 in 1 is there - Sony memory stick FS:FAT
> >       My portable HD is there FS: NTFS
> >       My little USB memory stick works FS:FAT
> >
> >       With the 6 in 1 I had read that you only need to allow for the
> >     maximum
> >     number concurrent removables you might ever have running
> concurrently. I
> >     had set removables as both 6 and later 4. By doing this, my drives
> >     object always showed that number of floppy icons. With removables =
> >     8, I
> >     do not see any removables until I plug in a device.
> >
> >       My NTFS.IFS statement was missing the autocheck parameter.
> >
> >       I first booted with the USB HD attached and running. The drives
> object
> >     did not display as a removable and did not give the option to eject.
> >     Something to watch out for.
> >
> >       I guess I have to partially retract my previous rant regarding
> USB. In
> >     defense, Mr Gates and Mr Jobb have certainly done a much better job
> of
> >     handling some of these issues.
> >
> >       Thanks again for the assistance.
> >
> >       I apologize for all of the posts. Seems that the inbounding to the
> >     list got stuck and I doubted myself rather than technology. We have
> gone
> >     from -25 to 0 C so maybe the pipe has thawed :-)
> >
> >       Don Burch
> >       Sunny Fort Saskatchewan Alberta
> >
> >
> >
> >     Jon Harrison wrote:
> >      > On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:59:45 -0700, The Unk wrote:
> >      >
> >      >> 2. USB 6 in 1 Reader
> >      >> When I plug in my 6 in 1 reader, the device appears to be
> >     recognize, but
> >      >> the Sony memory stick does not register. I plug this device into
> a
> >      >> windows box and determined that the file format is FAT. I was
> >     sure that
> >      >> Sony would have some proprietary file system.
> >      >
> >      >
> >      > What is your config.sys settings?
> >      >
> >      > for my 12:1 reader, which I only use 1 slot, my config.sys is:
> >      >
> >      > BASEDEV=USBMSD.ADD /V /FLOPPIES:0 /REMOVABLES:6
> >      >
> >      > Note that you need a number that will cover all your slots.  So
> if
> >      > you have 2 in your case and the reader you will need to use a
> >      > bigger number than 6.  I beat my head against the wall for weeks
> >      > before I found the solution in my statement.  I was not using
> CAPS
> >      > and so it didn't work.  Apparently the MSD driver is written to
> >      > recognize upper case only.
> >      >
> >      > Regarding your FAT format, I can't recall how Windows shows the
> >      > formatting, so if it is fat-16 os/2 will read it but if it is
> >      > fat-32 you need a driver.
> >      >
> >      > Regarding NTFS, I have not found a driver that reliably writes to
> >      > it, but it reads just fine.  Your config.sys should have
> >      > "IFS=C:\OS2\NTFS.IFS /AUTOCHECK:* /V" if using the driver
> provided
> >      > by Serenity.
> >      >
> >      > HTH,
> >      > jon
> >      >
>
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