Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks everyone for the replies. If I understand them correctly, the > situation is as follows:
Very good, however: > Sure enough, I found a directory called /dev/hde1. By creating > directory /media/pccfcard and running "mount -t vfat /dev/hde1 > /media/pccfcard" I had complete access to the cf card. I then added an > appropriate line to /etc/fstab, which I will test after the next time I > boot my laptop. No need to wait. Very few things in Unix/Linux require a reboot to take effect. From a prompt: mount /media/pccfcard should work right away, or tell you why it didn't. > I also noticed that pccardctl includes the commands insert and eject. > Since the cards can be hot inserted and removed, I wonder why have these > two commands. So the hotplug/udev systems could do it for you. cardctl showed up a long time before hotplug and udev did. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]