On December 2, 2002 12:21 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 02 Dec 2002 12:30 am, Spencer wrote: > > On December 1, 2002 10:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 5:48 pm, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > > > > Fuji Finepix runs fine using the usb-storage module. This is the way > > > > I configured a Fuji FinePix S602 to run under Mandrake 9.0 via usb > > > > > > > > A) Be sure you have the next modules loaded: > > > > usb > > > > usb-core > > > > usb-storage > > > > usb-scsi > > > > > > > > B) Create a dir to be monted: > > > > mkdir -m 777 /mnt/camera > > > > > > > > C) plugin (usb) the camera and: > > > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera > > > > > > > > And it should run, you will have the images in a directory inside > > > > /mnt/camera. > > > > > > > > When you finis, unplug the camera and umount /mnt/camera. > > > > > > > > > > > > Note: you can include the line: > > > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto,user,noauto,nosuid 0 0 > > > > > > > > In /etc/fstab to allow any user mount it. > > > > > > > > Also if you have a laptop yo can use a pcmcia adapter for the > > > > CompactFlash or StarMedia card used. > > > > > > Thanks Francisco. This sounds very encouraging. Would you mind > > > explaining the line that starts /dev/sda1 ? The 'auto' and 'noautoa' > > > seem to contradict each other, so I presume they are not just as they > > > sound. > > > > > > Anne > > > > The "auto" in the line means automatic file type and the "noauto" means > > they aren't mounted at boot. > > > > Spence > > Got it. So is the position of 'auto' what causes it to be read correctly, > as fs=, or is it simply that 'auto' is a default behaviour of mounting and > therefore would not be specified as such? > > Anne Yes, the position is important. In the case of zip drives, this would be vfat and with floppies, it can be vfat, ext2 or auto. Sometime have a look at your file systems using linuxconf. It breaks down the setup of fstab better and IMHO gives a better description.
Spence
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