Re: usb 2

[Gjermund Skogstad <gjermund@datatin.no>]

torsdag 25. januar 2007, 02:11, skrev nigel barker:
> Dear list,
>
> Some of my students have started bringing pen drives that don't work on
> skolelinux. I think its because they are high speed only, ie. usb2.0 and
> not 1.1. Is there anything I can do about it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nigel

I'd say that this is not a Skolelinux problem. As far as I'm aware the kernel 
in Sarge supports USB2, and this suggests that the bottle neck in your USB 
setup is in your hardware.

As long as your hardware don't support USB2 there's really nothing much one 
can do short of upgrading the hardware.

You might consider purchasing extention cards for USB2, but I seriously doubt 
that it would be a economically sound suggestion.

You might actually find it simpler and cheaper to supply your pupils with 
USB-thingis that works on your hardware, rather than trying to adapt the 
hardware to USB2.


Cheers!
Gjermund Skogstad