I haven't been able to get my SimpleTech Flashlink to work with Mandrake 8.1 - it keeps getting identified (after modprobe) as a 1 gig scsi drive, even without a card in it. I suspect that the fact that it's a combination reader, for both Compact Flash and Smart Media, might be the problem. At least, I've read of cases of units that are solely one or the other being able to work with Linux. I will try your fstab entry, though, just to see if it will work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Braddock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:21 PM Subject: [expert] How I got my USB card reader to work!
> I have a PNY Smart Media reader that I purchased to read the Smart Media > cards I use with my Olympus D460L digital camera. Like everyone else on the > lists, I was unable to get it to work successfully with Linux (worked fine > under Win98). But, tonight I got it to work! All I did was add the > following line to my fstab: "/dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia msdos user" (without the > quotes, of course). > > The best that I can figure is that the msdos file system type is different > from the vfat and that is why auto and vfat failed. I came up with this by > looking at the properties of the reader under Windows and it showed the card > was written to with 16bit MS-DOS. So, I thought I'd try it under Windows and > it worked! > > My reader is listed under disks under Hard Drake as a SCSI on sda and the > card is correctly identified as 32MB. > > I don't know if this will work for anyone else, but I post it hoping it will > > Joe > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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