Is there a method by which external USB storage can be attached to the microUSB connector and accessed? I'd really like to be able to access (via suitable adapters) photos on a standard CF card. I envision a microUSB to standard USB adapter plus a USB CF reader. Anyone either know of a working tool for this or working on such a tool?
All I did to get my SD card reader to work was to pick up one of the adapter kits with a female big A and the mini-A(?) and stick the SD reader in the female A side and the the mini-A into the the n800, woiked .
Not sure, but I think I had to set the host mode manually though.
Hopefully saving you a lot of searching with this quick answer :-).
Let me restate my query, and preface it by saying that I come to the N810 as a consumer, not a computer programmer, not a previous user of Linux in any flavor. I've used the search feature and while it appears that, with the proper connectors, one can connect a CF card to the external USB port (and I'll dig up the connectors and test) the N810 will not, out of the box, see that file system.
I second the hope of one of the other posters I read during my search for a simple applet that would mount storage devices connected to the external USB port.
We all have our areas of expertise, and comfort levels with tinkering. I was hoping for a simple and direct answer after having looked on my own. As I stated above, I don't know Linux.
Cant seem to get mine into host mode though - becomeroot doesn't seem to work. when I issue the echo host > command I get an "directory does not exist - unable to create a directory" type msg...
Cant seem to get mine into host mode though - becomeroot doesn't seem to work. when I issue the echo host > command I get an "directory does not exist - unable to create a directory" type msg...
What do you mean becomeroot doesn't seem to work? Does it install? Do you get an error when running "sudo gainroot" ?
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