[Discussion] USB Device Access

[James Cannon]

Hi Don,

Hang in there Buddy! Although I use Windows at work
and home, OS/2 is where I have my fun. I've long
admitted that it will never grow market share. For me,
it's a hobby I enjoy. Some people like cars, others
like golfing. I enjoy tinkering with OS/2. My favorite
(as my friend Thomas knows) is still OS/2 Warp v3. It
was what really got me excited about computers. Before
that, computers were just a command-line interface. 

Sincerely,
James Cannon

--- Don Burch <theunk at telus.net> wrote:

> 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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