tail -f /var/log/messages with device un plugged and while plugging in you'll see the device get picked up if it's recognized.
On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA < bobgood...@wildblue.net> wrote: > > > On 29/04/15 22:05, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> >> On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: >> >>> Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to >>> a normal SD card and get that SD<---->USB dongle. >>> >>> 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. >>> >>> 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD card in it) into the USB >>> dongle. >>> >>> 3. Plug the dongle into your desktop computer and note which device the >>> SD card shows up as (probably /dev/sdb, but have a look at the output >>> of dmesg to be sure). >>> >>> 4. Download the ISO that you want. >>> >>> 5. As root, "dd if=name-of-iso-file.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M" (assuming the >>> SD card shows up as /dev/sdb...change as needed) >>> >>> 6. When dd ends, unplug the USB dongle, pull out the SD card adapter, >>> pull the MicroSD from the adapter, stick it in your RPi and power up the >>> RPi. >>> >>> 7. Voila! >>> >> . > . > > Ok, I give up, what do I do next? > > I have a card reader with a GE brand name on it > > [root@box10 ~]# lsusb > > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Card Reader/Writer > > And I see the following for sdd through sdg - > > [root@box10 ~]# ll /dev/sdd > brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 48 May 1 10:10 /dev/sdd > > Which I imagine relate to receptacles on the device. First I have no idea > which /dev/sdx is the one the micro-SD in adapter is plugged into or how to > identify it? Also I am not confident that the SD device is even being > recognized? > > Any help appreciated, > > Bob > > -- > Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD > box10 FEDORA-22b/64bit LINUX XFCE > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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