When I do the modprobe usb-storage, /dev/sda is created, but no sda1. I have a feeling that this is one of those things that will have to wait until Mandrake 8.2 or later. For now, I guess I'll just stick with Windows for my digital picture stuff. And I really think that I'm so *close* to getting this thing to work! Of course, it might help if I knew more about what I was doing. As in, is modprobe the only thing I should be doing? Iknow that /dev/sda doesn't exist until I do the modprobe, but I wonder: is there something else? I find it weird that UsbView finds the card reader just fine, even names it correctly. Finds the usb modem, too. But Mandrake itself doesn't have a clue about what to do about either of them. I'd like to use the usb modem, simply because it's faster than my external serial modem, but I'm not even sure what parameter I should do a modprobe on that guy - perhaps usbserial? I tried that, but then I don't know what "new object" was created from that. So, nothing to use in a 'mount' command. Oh well, there's nothing like a challenge, I guess - but I wish that I could use this card reader on Linux. I hate booting Windows, retrieving the pictures, then booting into Linux to use the GIMP. It's just easier, I guess, just to stay in Windows and use some photo software over there.
Bob Bomar wrote: > On Thursday 27 December 2001 14:59, you wrote: > >> I'm getting closer - I think. I can plug in my various USB devices, >>and the Control Center shows some of them as disks: the Card Reader at >>/dev/sda and the camera (Olympus C700; great performer, btw) at >>/dev/sdb. The Teleport USB modem shows up when I use UsbView, but I >>haven't spotted it yet under Control Center. >> Anyway: when I try to mount (as root) the camera or the card reader, >>as in: mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/camera, I get this in return: >>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, >> or too many mounted file systems. >> >> Any hints or suggestions? I have a feeling that the usb modem is >>falling into the "Other Devices" black hole. It's funny that UsbView >>finds and identifies it, and Control Center doesn't. >> I hope that someone steers me in the right direction so that I can >>use these things. It's tough being a Linux evangelist when you can't get >>the system to let you use something, and yet it's automatically loaded >>in Windows! >> > > Try mounting as /dev/sda1 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY http://w3.one.net/~lvarney
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