Guest sethadam1 Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 Anyone had any success using portable MP3 players under Bamboo (9.1)? I want to get the RIO player or the new Archos player, but I want it to work under LINUX! I don't want to have to boot into Windows to get it to work. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 Hi sethadam1 It really depends which portable player you get. The RIOs are really well supported. Don't know about the other one. But you should not have too much problems.. I use mine in Linux. Seach Google about that... you'll see. MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sethadam1 Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 Which kind do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fubar::chi Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 hold the phone there young'un! A star is born with native linux and ogg capabilities. Take a gander at http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985798.html or just go straight to the company's website http://www.neurosaudio.com/ :: Before you ask no, I don't use it, don't plan to use it, and there won't ever use it. :: I'm not an mp3 player man myself. I'd rather just get a cd player that plays mp3s :wink: Best o' both worlds dontcha know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 The Archos seems supported. Look HERE I'm using a Pine Palmp-3. I'm not able to see the build-in 64Meg in Linux (This is basically why I'm keeping Winboozz on my HD) but I can see the expansion card (32M/64M) no problem. I bought it at wallmart for about 130$ CDN + tax (4 months ago) .. so that must be under hundread in the US. If I would be you I would look for something BIGGER though !!! MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sethadam1 Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Unfortunately, the simple command: #mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/archos doesn't work, it needs the filesystem type. So, I did this: #mount -t usbdevfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/archos and it mounted...but not my Archos. It made some weird directories, with 001 and 002 and a folder called "devices" and a folder called "drivers." I tried to download the USB to ATA driver found on your link. In fact, it's all over the internet, but the link is broken! Can someone who uses their Archos in Linux tell me what they did to install it? Also, if I reinstall Mandrake as an UPGRADE, is there a way I can extend the package installation to give me EVERYTHING? I wonder if I'm missing some files that are dependencies or something.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 I got a Compaq iPaq Personal Audio Player PA-2 for nothing otherwise i wouldn't bother with one, it has a 64meg card and can take a second 64mb card. I found a site where a guy has hacked up a driver for it and a little tcl script for using it, works sweet under mandrake 9.1 It's funny when i had win98 the driver intaller installed digital rights software on the computer wether you wanted it or not. and it was a bitch to remove, not possible through add/remove programs had sneaky registry settings. Oh and unrealated my samsung web cam worked without doing anything in mandrake9.1, it was a bitch to make it work properly in windows with the samsung drivers :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fubar::chi Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Also, if I reinstall Mandrake as an UPGRADE, is there a way I can extend the package installation to give me EVERYTHING? I wonder if I'm missing some files that are dependencies or something.... Yes you should be able to click on all the categories when it comes time for package installation. You can also select an option (somewhere along the bottom i think) to individually select files (or maybe it says Advanced something) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sethadam1 Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Thanks for your help guys. I actually was able to get the Archos mounted. I'm not sure which command did it, but I have the icon on my desktop and can browse and write to it. I also have a RIO on the way - for working out. Hopefully that will ultimately be easier than this, and this wasn't all that hard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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