** Reply to message from Chris Moser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 29 Oct 2002
23:01:37 -0500


> I have Red Hat Linux 8.0.  If I run usbview it shows the card reader but
> lists it as unknown.  I can not mount this device.  I have tried several
> different iterations within fstab and continue to get not a block
> device.  Can anyone help me configure this device so it can be used.  I
> found a site with a Kernel driver : http://www.dauskardt.de/carry.html. 
> Is this the only way to make this reader work?

You are not trying to mount the reader as something like /dev/sdd are you? You
can only mount partitions, not devices. So the incantations should be something
like:

/sbin/modprobe usb-uhci
/sbin/modprobe usb-storage
mount /dev/sdd1 -t vfat (or maybe -t msdos) /mnt/flash

Works for me :-))

jb

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Jack Bowling
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