Hi Erik,
You need to use the partition that the data is actually on (like
sda1), you should see this information in the kernel logs, something like;
sda: sda1
To change cards use the "eject" command.
regards,
Stephen.
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Erik Steffl wrote:
> I am not sure where to go from here: I have an iTec smartMedia USB
> card reader. I have loaded usb modules, including usb-storage and now I
> can see the card reader as /dev/sda.
>
> However mount /dev/sda /mnt/usbCard doesn't work, it says that I have
> to specify file system, if I specify common file systems it says it is
> not recognized (I tried vfat and few others).
>
> Few more details:
>
> The device itself seems to be working, I can do cat /dev/sda > file
> and it creates file of expected size (128MB) and file utility says:
>
> erik@cert:/root$ file usbCardImage
> usbCardImage: x86 boot sector, extended partition table
>
> which makes sense (as far as I can tell).
>
> here's what happens when I try to mount it:
>
> cert:~# mount /dev/sda /mnt/usbCard/
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
> cert:~# mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usbCard/
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
> or too many mounted file systems
> cert:~# mount -t iso9660 /dev/sda /mnt/usbCard/
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> another question: once I read the card it cannot be read again (e.g.
> after I do cat /dev/sda I cannot do that again unless I rmmod/modprobe
> usb-storage) - is there any way to 'rewind' sda?
>
> I searched the web but couldn't find more relevant info (so far), I'd
> appreciate any pointers...
>
> TIA
>
>
> erik
>
>
>
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