linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] What next?

I believe the difference in the two products I mention is that the Drive component not in the media storage one is the ...
USB mass storage controller – a small microcontroller with a small amount of on-chip ROM and RAM.

" To a host the USB device acts an external hard drive, enabling drag-and-drop file transfers. The protocol set interfaces with a number of storage devices."
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_mass_storage_device_class

The simpler media storage usb device (I called "usb media stick" and looks the same as the drive) does NOT have this ability to act as an *external hard drive* .

But what I called the media stick (looks just like usb drive) acts like a data CD you burn to. Or a DVD burned used to just store data and/or media that is made to *play or transfer to any computer* . THAT is the difference in the two products - a storage device and a drive device. Does this help ?

gerald philly pa usa

On 3/30/2014 7:58 PM, G.LinuxDucks wrote:

I personally use and recommend the SanDisk Cruzer USB Drive for Linux projects ... you can use it a zillion times.

SanDisk Cruzer
4GB USB Flash Drive
http://store.linksys.com/Accessories/SanDisk-Cruzer-USB-Cisco-Easy-Setup-Key_stcVVproductId132110422VVcatId554071VVviewprod.htm

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On 3/30/2014 7:47 PM, G.LinuxDucks wrote:

*Let me ask.... do you understand the difference between a media storage usb device and a usb drive device ?* And then what names do you give them ? Thank you for answering !

I really do not grasp your problem you are running into. To keep it simple, simply you walk into a RiteAid store and go to the computer stuff aisle. You see there a bunch of these usb devices we are talking about. There are

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