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Date:	Thu, 2 Jun 2005 06:50:08 PDT7
From:	"Mark D. Overholser" <os2@markoverholser.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Urgent USB device (Key drive-like MP3 player) help needed

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Michael Rakijas wrote:
> Hi folks. I got myself in a bind and I could use your help. My daughter's
> machine has been the guinea pig machine for eCS 1.2 and things have been
> generally good. This is the only machine in the house with (enabled) USB but
> it seems to work okay in that it recognizes a USB key drive (a no-name 64 MB
> unit) with no problem (basic package installed and USBMSD.ADD enabled).

If you have not read this information:
<http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=usbsite>

Do so now...

>
> I have an MP3 player of my own, a Creative Nomad Muvo 64MB that is a cute
> little unit. It's a package that splits into two when you slide one piece
> (that looks like a USB key drive with a type A connector and a few controls on
> it) out of the other (the part with the battery and presumably the MP3 playing
> processor). You connect the USB key drive part to the USB connector on the
> computer. To the computer, it looks just like a key drive type mass storage
> device. I had to upgrade the basic USB package with the eCS downloadable
> update (usb10145.zip) to get it to be recognized by eCS but once I did that, it
> looked to work just fine. I got this unit partly because part of Creative's
> feature list is "Drag and drop your MP3/WMAs and files straight onto the NOMAD®
> MuVo. No cables or software are required!" (direct quote from the web page URL,
> see below). Also, as a 64MB unit, if was fairly cheap so if it didn't work
> with eCS, I wasn't out too much money.
>
> Soon, my daughter wanted a player too. She saved up her babysitting money and
> asked me for help in buying one that was compatible with the USB capability
> with her machine. We settled on a Creative unit (having already returned an
> iRiver model that claim similar features but really required a Windows device
> driver), a 1 GB N200 because it seemed to work the same way and claimed that no
> special software needed. This wasn't a two part design like mine. It had a
> type A to type B cable with the type B connector plugging into the unit. The
> bottom line is that it is not recognized by either "Refresh removables" program
> object or the USB device monitor which recognizes the other two. The standard
> key drive works, and my Creative Nomad Muvo 64MB does too but the Creative N200
> (the new unit, see URL at bottom) does not.
>
> Is there anything I can do to get it to work? It seems like it really should
> work like the one I've already got. I need to know whether to return the unit
> or not. This unit is $130 of hard earned babysitting money (there'll be a $20
> rebate if we can get it to work) so spending the money and winding up with
> nothing is not an option. The kid grumbles enough being kept away from Windows
> - please help me save eCS/OS/2's reputation. All suggestions are welcomed.
> Thanks to all.

What is the File System on the "1 GB N200"? If the File systems is
FAT32, do you have the FAT32 IFS for OS/2 installed??
Also note that some MSD, formatted with FAT32 DO NOT work properly with
Write Verification activated.
(see <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fat32user/>, Thread "[fat32user] A
Word of Warning")

What does the LVM say about the "1 GB N200", does it appear in the
device list??

You might need to try "Chris Wohlgemuth's USB Mass Storage Kit"
<http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=cwusb>

Don't give up yet...

>
> -Rocky
>
> Old product URL: http://www.nomadworld.com/products/MuVo/
> New product URL:
> http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=213&subcategory=215&product=10737
>

MarkO

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