Flash card read/write

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:19:04AM -0500, Clint Harshaw wrote:
> Sheo S Prasad wrote:
> >I will greatly appreciate help in the matter of how to make a USB flash 
> >crad reader (n-in-one variety) work in Fedora-2, specifically when the 
> >card reader/witer is connected throgh a USB hub.
> >
> >Thanking you in advance for your help.
> >
> 
> Sheo:
> 
> Here's how I did it on my FC2 box -- now keep in mind that I'm 
> connecting to one of the USB ports on the box itself, not an external hub.
> 
> 
> 1. as root, mkdir /mnt/flash
> 
> 2. add this line to /etc/fstab:
> 
> /dev/sda1         /mnt/flash          vfat    noauto,user     0 0
> 
> 3. rebooted (not sure if this reboot is necessary or not, though)
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step 3 not needed <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> 4. plug in compact flash card reader
> 
> 5. open a terminal, and type this:
> mount /mnt/flash
> 
> 6. Then I can cd /mnt/flash and view the contents of my card! Don't 
> forget to umount /mnt/flash prior to disconnecting the reader.
> 
> If you get some sort of error, try running modprobe usb-storage.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Clint
> 
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