Kevin Coyner said: > > > I've got a 4-in-1 USB card reader that can accomodate Sony MemoryStick > and CF. > > To get started, I used directions from > > http://vic.dyndns.org/linux-UsbMassStorage/ > > and > > http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/personal/cf-linux > > Using sg_scan -i and sg_map, it was fairly easy to figure out things > out. So I plugged in a MemoryStick and mounted it. No problems. > > However, next I tried the CF, using the same procedure (and remember, > this is the same reader). And unfortunately, this one would not > mount. > > I continually get: > > mount: block device /dev/sde1 is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: /dev/sde1 is not a valid block device > > Note that sda1 and sdb1 are my scsi harddrives. Which means that the > 4-in-1 card reader is mapped to sdc, sdd, sde and sdf. Through trial > and error I figured out that the MemoryStick was sdf1. So for the CF, > I > tried the other 3, but each time got "not a valid block device". And > yes, the CF card was in the reader.
Try mounting it just as /dev/sde rather than also giving it a partition number. Strange but sometimes that's what works on some memory devices. G -- Gerald http://www.phorce1.com http://www.buskatiers.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
