Re: Compact Flash Reader Has Stopped Working

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:11:31AM -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> >On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 12:59:28AM -0500, rab wrote:
> >
> >>I used to be able to mount a compact flash card in a usb imagemate card 
> >>reader using:
> >>
> >>
> >>>mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cflash
> >>
> >>But now when I try this I get:
> >>
> >>[root tangent chippy]# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cflash
> >>mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
> >>
> >>I know that the usb port is working because my usb webcam is working fine.
> >>
> >>What should I check?
> >>
> >>Rick B.
> >
> >
> >Watch /var/log/messages (tail -f /var/log/messages) while you plug it
> >in to the USB port to see what it reports.  I'm guessing that it's
> >coming up as something other than /dev/sda1.
> 
> The odds are that it's /dev/sdb1.  Bob's right, check /var/log/messages
> or even use the "dmesg" command to see what the system enumerated it
> as.
> 
> >After you plug it in, look at /etc/fstab to see if a new entry showed
> >up.
> 
> It won't, Bob.  /etc/fstab is not modified by the hotplug code.

Hmm.  Ok.  Sure would be nice if it did.  Then you could

  mount /mnt/cflash

and it would do The Right Thing(tm).  Or is that Too Hard To Do(tm)?

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Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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