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Date:	Sun, 10 Jul 2005 21:37:44 PDT7
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: USB Updates

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John A. Morrow, Jr. wrote:
> I have seen some traffic on this and other lists, particularly
> concerning FAT32-formatted memory sticks, which leads me to
> believe that it might be time to update at least the USB
> portions of the system. I am running eCS 1.2 on older hardware -
> AMD K63-450 with VIA chipset and VIA USB 2.0 expansion card.
>
> I have several "thumb drives" which I plug into a 4 port no-name
> usb hub. They have never been reformatted or made into volumes.
> I plug my 256 MB Kingston into one port, click on the 'refresh
> removable media' object and a new drive letter (E:) appears. The
> directory is accessible, with truncated filenames as expected.
> Information on the device appears in USB Resource Monitor. So
> far so good. I plug my 128 MB Samsung into another port without
> removing the Kingston and refresh, and drive "F" appears, but
> with the same directory as the Kingston.
>
> Questions:
>
> (1) Does anybody know if Mensys or other vendors sell eCS
> updates on CD? I can't do the huge downloads on a dial-up
> connection. I didn't see it on their web site.

Serenity has announced limited testing of an eCS refresh. See:
http://www.ecomstation.com/readme

From the announcement on VoiceNews:

Once testing is completed, the updated media will be used to fill
orders. Existing 1.2 users will be eligible to download the images at no
cost, or to order a media pack for a cost of materials, handling, and
shipping.

> (2) Related - can one use the eCS MT to selectively only update
> USB portions of the system?

Yes. You can also just d/l the USB updates from ecomstation.com if you
have access. They are small enough that it should be doable via dialup.

HTH

--
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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