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Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:14:55 PST8
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: First USB success (EVER !) in eCS

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J. R. Fox wrote:
>>> I hope 1.2 will do even better.
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> Mark Abramowitz wrote:
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>>It will, but so will 1.1 if you update the USB drivers.
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> O.K. That reminds me of a relevant issue. On the Dark Side, the (very
> necessary) Unmount USB Devices is quite straightforward, handled by a menu
> that comes up from clicking on an icon in the Systray. The equivalent of this
> on OUR side is unclear to me and seemingly not well publicized. I see no
> "Remove USB Device" option at the eCS USB Hardware Resource Mgr. -- just a
> couple command line util.s, such as EJECT.EXE. From my observations while
> using USB on the Dark Side, failing to explicitly dismiss (dismount) a USB
> *recording* device can have very bad consequences. For example, when I did
> not do this properly, floppies from a USB external fdd attached to a laptop
> became trashed and their contents unrecoverable. Don't want to see that occur
> in eCS. Yes, I could comb thru some faqs on that USB website in Belgium (?),
> but I'm sure someone here could tell me the proper procedure in a couple of
> brief sentences.
>
> I'd also like to see a Yea or Nay recap on something I think Ray or possibly
> others have mentioned. Namely, that in order to avoid EA.SF getting written
> to things a CF card or flash drive -- and thereby *ruining* it for Windoze, at
> least until a reformat was performed -- the best idea was to steer clear of
> the WPS, and only write to the card or drive using the Command Line. True or
> False ? And if the former, what about the use of VIO app.s like ZTRee ?

I have a Mitsumi floppy drive with several USB flash card slots (CF,
SmartMedia, etc.) built in. I use it to read the CF card from my Canon
EOS-10D digital camera. I discovered the hard way that if I access the
card via the WPS, it writes the infernal EA DATA. SF file to the card,
and it will no longer work in my camera. I then have to format it either
(I think) on eCS or windoze berfore I can use it again. Doing the eject
thing from the drives object does NOT seem to mess it up. Eject from the
command line also works just fine. I have not tempted fate by removing
the card without doing an eject, althought I have shut the system down
without ejecting the card first. No harm done. Windoze seems to have a
fit, however, if you pull the card out without getting it's permission
first.

--
Tom Brown
thombrown at san dot rr dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E. & SDAA
running eComStation GA + FP 3
eCS system uptime is 0 days 00:42 hours

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