On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:43:54 +1200, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alasdair Tennant wrote: > > >On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:02:49 +1200 (NZST) > >Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Yep, got that done. On the "to do" list (way down it, actually, given > >>my linux abilities) is getting my camera going. I've got lots of > >> > >> > > > >Could be as simple as plugging the USB in and mounting it. My Olympus does this. > > > >mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /camera > > > >Sometimes it's sdb1, or sdc1, I can't work out why. Try it several times on > >different occasions, 'cos sometimes you will get a spurious 'invalid block device' > >response. Subject for another question. > > > >Once the camera is mounted, you can view, move, copy and delete files at will. > > > > > > > > > Just been to a customer who uses pen usb devices for backup of specific > data. Their devices ended up as /dev/sde1 and /dev/sdf1... different > ones for different makes of pen device. > > My worry is that they will reset after a reboot, and start counting from > sda1 ( well sdb1 in this case as there's a scsi disk in there). I hope not! > > I built a disk backup where it installed/uninstalled the required > modules for usb around it, which would easily customise. It would make > it a more manual process, but here it is ( 2.6.x kernel, debian, usb 2.0 > )... > > modprobe usbcore > modprobe ehci-hcd > modprobe usb-storage > sleep 1 # Do not remove! > modprobe sd_mod > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /usbdisk > > umount /usbdisk > rmmod sd_mod > rmmod usb-storage > rmmod ehci-hcd > rmmod usbcore > > > Steve > >
If you're using a 2.6 kernel you could look at using udev It can be configured to give a specific device type (based on things like vendor name) as a specific device putting an entry like BUS="scsi", SYSFS_vendor="KINGMAX*", NAME="myusbkey%n" in udev.conf will automagically create a /dev/myusbkeyX when the device is plugged in We use it for identifying a config USB key as opposed to the usb backup drive -- Sass | Nak
