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[BLU] compact flash



David Kramer wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, joel Gwynn wrote:
>
>>can somebody point me to step-by-step instructions for getting SanDisk
>>compact flash (for my digital camera) to be read under debian linux?  It
>>plugs into a pcmcia card, which plugs into my laptop.
>>
>>I think I have a conceptual understanding, but I'm not sure which
>>modules to install, how to create the necessary device nodes (if indeed
>>they are necessary), etc.
>>
>>BTW, the camera is the canon s110, and it's awesome.
>>
>
>It's an IDE drive to the OS. Just mount it.
>
>The PCMCIA modules should load themselves.
>
OK.  I'm dense.  What is the /dev node for the flash card?  I've been 
looking around, and some howto's mention /dev/hde, others mention 
/dev/sda.  In any case, here's what I get:

# mount /dev/hde /mnt/flash -t vfat
mount: /dev/hde: unknown device

# mount /dev/hde1 /mnt/flash -t vfat
mount: /dev/hde1: unknown device

Same thing when I try /dev/sda.  And while I'm at it, this whole /dev 
thing is a total mystery to me.  Where would I look if I really wanted 
to understand the logic?  Even better, how would I find out what devices 
there are?




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