does linux operating system support external usb2.0 or firewire?

[krisoto]

i got mandrake 9.2 but when i plug in a external usb cdrw drive it won't recognize by K3B

 

[BFG10K]

Have you applied all of the OS updates and drivers you need? I'd be very surprised if Linux didn't support those technologies.

 

[krisoto]

where can i get that? i went to mandrake website and i don't see it, not even the computer detect the drive is there

 

[XZeroII]

It all works in Windows.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Yes, it has supported them for a long time.

 

[Nothinman]

It all works in Windows.

That's a bit of a stretch, but both of those will work fine in Linux too.

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: krisoto
i got mandrake 9.2 but when i plug in a external usb cdrw drive it won't recognize by K3B

When you plug it in, do the "dmesg" command. Does it mention anything about it in there? I know external USB HD's are treated like scsi devices(/dev/sda /dev/sdb etc etc, which is also what windows does, I beleive), and you can mount them like any other drive thru the mnt command.

If there is nothing changed in the output of the dmesg command when you plug it in and unplug it, then the OS isn't recongizing anything is happening. Make sure you have hotplug stuff installed (should be by default)