[Discussion] USB Device Access

[Don Burch]

Niels,
I took out the autocheck parameter as I do not have any permanently 
attached NTFS drives. This has not affected access to the drive when I 
attach it.

Don

Niels Jensen wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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>
>     <mailto: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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