[BLU] compact flash

[Derek Atkins]

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?
> 
> 
> 
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