In Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader, on Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:20, Joseph Braddock wrote:
Thanks for your response Joseph. > Make a directory under mount called smedia (or whatever you'd > like). Then with the smart media card in the reader, try typing > the following as root: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia There is no /dev/sda1, there is nothing much like it there: 1014 root@psybernet:/dev (11:31:45) # ls | grep sd ptysd@ ttysd That is about it. What does that mean for me now? Walter ~~~~ > If that works, add the following to your /etc/fstab: > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/smedia vfat noauto,user > > The noauto will keep you from getting an error when booting with > the card not in the reader (because the mount fails). The user > allows any user to mount it. > > At this point you should be able mount it in the same ways you > would a cdrom (i.e. mount command, click on it in Konqueror or > Nautilus, or add an icon to the desktop). > > Joe Braddock > > > > On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:21:00 +1200 > > Walter Logeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have 2 usb ports. The Intelleye mouse is working off one > > port. i have just plugged in a Smartmedia card reader in the > > other port and rebooted. > > > > How do i activate the card reader? there is power going to the > > reader. Do i need to have it in my fstab and mount it? > > > > How would i do that? > > > > Some details below > > > > > > > > Walter > > > > ~~~ > > = My Machine = > > Dell i8100 laptop > > ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility > > Mandrake 8.1 > > Linux 2.4.9-13smp i686 [ELF] > > Upgraded to Xfree86 4.2.0 > > > > > > 1001 walter@psybernet:~ (01:07:33) > > $ dmesg | grep usb > > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > > usb.c: registered new driver hub > > usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.259 $ time 17:30:17 Sep 23 2001 > > usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled > > usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xbce0, IRQ 10 > > usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports > > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > > usb-uhci.c: v1.251:USB Universal Host Controller Interface > > driver usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x874/0x1002) is not > > claimed by any active driver. > > usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x45e/0x25) is not claimed by > > any active driver. > > usb.c: registered new driver usb_mouse > > usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1847 > > input0: Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse ® with IntelliEye on > > usb1:3.0 > > usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver > > usb.c: registered new driver hiddev > > usb.c: registered new driver hid > > 1002 walter@psybernet:~ (01:10:03) > > $ > > > > > > > > > > less fstab > > > > /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 > > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 > > 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto > > 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs > > user,uid=501,gid=501,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom1 auto defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > fstab lines 1-11/11 (END) > > > > > > > > -- > > Walter Logeman > > Psychotherapist > > http://www.psybernet.co.nz -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz
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