USB Flash Memory suggestions

[William O'Higgins]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 10:13:31AM -0400, Alex Maynard wrote:
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>Hello All,  I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on linux
>compatible flash memory for use with both linux and windows?  Does it
>matter which brand I buy or do they all work equally with linux? Is there
>a page which rates linux compatibility of flash-memory similar to the one
>for printers?  Are there any local downtown Toronto stores that you
>suggest buying from? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.  Alex

Flash memory is completely Linux-compatible.  If you leave the
formatting of the media as FAT16 or FAT32 (however you buy it) then it
will work on both Linux and Windoze.

You can look at various web sites you can find different prices.  Canada
Computers has pretty consistently excellent prices, but the
Spadina/College area stores provide some of the best competition-based
values in the city.

USB2 is nice if you get larger media.  I have standardized on SD cards,
which are reasonably priced, pretty fast, small, light and inter-operate
with camera, MP3 player, PDA etc, but you know better what you need.
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yours,

William

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