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?

There are over 50 threads discussing USB in this subforum.
Try using search.

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 :-).

thanks wv9k.

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...

What do you mean becomeroot doesn't seem to work? Does it install? Do you get an error when running "sudo gainroot" ?

Are you running OS2008?

Yes on the OS2008.

After sudo gainroot, I get "root shell enabled" message, the busybox thing, and a prompt:

/home/user #

Thats where I try the

echo host > /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode

command.

What actually does that command do?

(my mode file in that directory reads b_idle)

Are you typing "echo host > /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode" exactly like that? (without quotes)

What is the exact error message you see afterwards?

The command echoes the word "host" to /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode which should enable host mode.

Well, I thought I was typing it correctly, but obviously not as I cut and pasted your string and it worked!

Thanks for the help!!!

I'm with mleeds on this one though - I need an aplet or widget to do this easily...