Hi,
First the (maybe) usefull informations :
I'm using redhat 9 with their latest kernel aka 2.4.20-18 (or 19
I've a little digical cam Umax 470 (/proc/usb/bus/device call it viewquest 1310)
I tried to mount it but it doesn't work, I got a "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bla bla..." message....
the cam is supposed to support the usb mass storage protocol, wich at least seems to work because I fanaly get a complete dump of the memory using dd (dd if=/dev/sda of=/tmp/pics)
trying to mount the /tmp/pics file on a loop device give the same error...
So I tried fdisk /dev/sda; fdisk says that there is a error in the partion table (number of physical head is different than the number of logical head), I think the mount error comes from here but don't know how to solve the problem...
I hope someone could help me, or give another place to look
regards
JF

How did you try mounting it? Did you add the correct lines to fstab or did you use the /mnt/camera hopefully created by redhat? My experience with digital cameras and linux is quite good, I didnt have to do much, the correct mount points were created and it was just a simple "mount /mnt/camera", before I found out I did however fiddle a lot (in vain )!

You should be able to format the card through the camera itself.
Nice information bout usb: http://www.linux-usb.org/


Cheers, Klod

Now this work using /dev/sda1 in place of /dev/sda
I've been trying this before but not with le latest redhat kernel !
using kernel 2.4.20-18.9 it works !

Thanks for help !
Sorry for the dumb question !
I hope my mistake will help someone
JF