I have a Lexar CompactFlash reader that uses a PC parallel port. It came with drivers for Microsoft operating systems. Does anyone know how to get it to talk to my Linux box?

-- Ellen Spertus (spertus@mills.edu), May 07, 1999

Answers

I would say that your best bets would be to contact the manufacturer's tech support and see what they say. If that's a dead-end you could try searching the net for the keywords "linux driver Lexar".

Perhaps you should just consider the simplest solution and install Win98 on a partition or another drive and boot from that when you need it. I know Linux has a lot going for it, but it's hardly a commercially sucessful product and it's highly unlikely that manufacturers will go far out of their way to support a smaller consumer base. That being said, "Good Luck, anyhow." Maybe some Linux user out there has gone to the trouble to roll his/her own driver, but I wouldn't hold my breath. At least not until Compact Flash Readers become an "I'vejustgottahaveonenow!" Linux peripheral. Heck, as I understand it, it's tough enough finding video drivers and sound card drivers for Linux.

-- Gerald Payne (gmp@francorp.francomm.com), May 07, 1999.