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Check your /var/log/messages (or perhaps 'dmesg') -- it should say where the 'drive' was loaded. At least, my PCMCIA tools certainly tells me that it gets loaded as /dev/hde. -derek joel Gwynn <joelman at world.std.com> writes: > 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? > > > > > - > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warlord at MIT.EDU PGP key available - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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