On Sunday 21 July 2002 05:58 pm, you wrote:
> Dennis,
>
> After you reinstalled Mandrake (I'm assuming 8.2), did you update the CD
> burning software you are using. If I recall, most were broken out of the
> box and had to be patched or updated.
>
> One other thing on your compact flash (although this poster was asking
> about smart media readers). I know that on my smart media card, I had to
> have the camera format the media first and I wasn't sure what it formatted
> it to. I'm wondering if your reader is working, but the format isn't being
> recognized. In your fstab, if you are using vfat, try using msdos or
> umsdos. I had to use one of them with an earlier version of Linux. If you
> dual boot, you can check the properties under windows and see if it
> indicates what file system it is using (mine actually says something like
> DOS, not FAT, which led me to try mounting it as msdos)
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Joe
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:21:15 -0500
>
> Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sunday 21 July 2002 05:12 pm, you wrote:
> > > Although it makes no claim to Linux compatibility, I am having very
> > > good results with the PNY SmartMedia reader (this is not the combined
> > > compact flash AND SM reader). It is a simple black blob of plastic
> > > with a slot for the media and a usb cable on the back. No lights, or
> > > leds or anything else. I paid $19.99US for mine at Staples. It worked
> > > out of the box with Mandrake 8.2 after creating a folder called smedia
> > > (or whatever you want) under /mnt and adding "/dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia
> > > vfat noauto,user" (without quotes) to /etc/fstab.
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 16:22:08 +0900
> > >
> > > Chris Spackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I am headed to Osaka in a few days and am thinking of picking up a
> > > > usb smartmedia reader. At the moment, I have a Fuji FinePix 4500
> > > > camera that works with Mandrake 8.2 just fine as /dev/sda1, but a usb
> > > > reader would be more convenient and versatile. I assume a reader
> > > > would mount and the same way in the same place - the memory card is
> > > > the important thing for determining that, right? not the gadget you
> > > > use to read the card?
> > > >
> > > > A quick look through google results didn't show any major problems
> > > > and in fact turned up a few products' pages that claimed to be linux
> > > > compatible. So I am not expecting any problems (famous last words),
> > > > but does anyone have any experience with readers that they can
> > > > recommend?
> > > >
> > > > yoroshiku and tia,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Chris Spackman
> > > > www.openhistory.org
> > > >
> > > > gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9
> >
> > I have a PNY compact flash reader connected to usb, and it comes up at
> > install as being loaded as usb-storage. I have looked for a connection
> > point and it is not shown by harddrake and no scsi device indicated.
> > Can't read it, so as with anything under linux, YMMV. Sometimes they work
> > and sometimes they don't. (like I can't get my CDRW to make a readable
> > disk now, it was fine before this last reinstall which I did cause I
> > could not cleanly get rid of KDE3, which was messing up my system even
> > though installed in accordance with all FAQs and tutorials I could find.
> > So, PNY works for some folks and others can't get anything but the little
> > light on the device to come on. Good luck --
> > Dennis M. linux user #180842
Thanks for the reply, but I have upgraded all packages available which in the
past has resolved the cdrw problem, and no go. The problem with the compact
flash reader is that I can not find it recognized as any device anywhere.
Does not show up under /dev/usb, /scsi , /sda , or anything else. It shows
up under usbview as shown below, I just don't know how to access it. It is
formatted as fat and works ok with the drivers supplied for windows 98 on a
M$ machine.
usb-storage
Speed: 12Mb/s (full)
USB Version: 1.10
Device Class: 00(>ifc )
Device Subclass: 00
Device Protocol: 00
Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8
Number of Configurations: 1
Vendor Id: 05e3
Product Id: 0700
Revision Number: 1.13
Config Number: 1
Number of Interfaces: 1
Attributes: 80
MaxPower Needed: 96mA
Interface Number: 0
Name: usb-storage
Alternate Number: 0
Class: 08(stor.)
Sub Class: 6
Protocol: 50
Number of Endpoints: 2
Endpoint Address: 81
Direction: in
Attribute: 2
Type: Bulk
Max Packet Size: 64
Interval: 0ms
Endpoint Address: 02
Direction: out
Attribute: 2
Type: Bulk
Max Packet Size: 64
Interval: 0ms
--
Dennis M. linux user #180842
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