My USB and COM ports stopped working recently, reformatting-reinstalling didn't help.. After sometime i installed linux..
Instead of repairs, i was advised to buy an internal PCI USB card.. but all the packages available say "Windows 98/2000/ME/XP".. Although the shopkeeper says it'll be functional on linux, i don't really wanna risk it coz Linux is not very common here.. Should i buy it??
I'm using Ubuntu Edgy..
i got a £12 (thats about 25 $USD) usb card from PCWorld and it runs fine with linux. get a cheap one - there usually fairly generic so work fine
the same applies to network cards
I saw era-ele.com sell this product , PCI - USB 2.0 .
detail link
http://store.era-ele.com/computer-adapters-pcipcie-usb1394-c-12_39.html
most cheap usb card will work fine with linux. i have a cheap one running on slackware right now and it is just fine. and if it does need a driver there are millions of people out there that use linux (especialy Ubunto) so if you find a card that needs a driver there is probably one out there.
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