In Re: [newbie] Smartmedia card reader, on Tue, 16 Apr 2002 02:53, Florian wrote:
Thanks for your reply Florian, > Hi i got a smartmedia reader and its emulated to be a scsi device > (actually that is on a debian machine but the difference should > not be too big) > > do an "lsmod" as root and check if you got "scsi-mod" and > "usb-storage" loaded if not you gotta probably add it to your > /etc/modules (i hope for you that thats enough) I have scsi-mod but not usb-storage > if not you gotta probably add it to your > /etc/modules (i hope for you that thats enough) I don't know how to do that. I do have it there but not sure how to # locate usb-storage /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o.gz "add it to your /etc/modules" I will hive off and read books on it now :) but a tip here would be nice. ~ <snip> > After that you need to add a line to your etc fstab here a snip > of mine (your device might be a different number): > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash vfat defaults,user,noauto > 0 0 In a previous post I mentioned that I have no /dev/sda1 or any /dev/sd* What does that mean in this context? ~ > This should all work if you have the hotplug stuff and the > usb-utils (or whatever they are called in mandrake) installed. I have hotplug files inc: /sbin/hotplug I have usbutils installed - rpm tells me it is but how can i be sure? locate > A good thing is to install the package "usbviev" so you can see > first if its recognized cause then it should be loaded too by > "hotplug" "usbviev" - I installed it and it shows my mouse and card reader beautifully! Thanks for all that. Walter -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz
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