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My Boss assigned me a new Sony Digital Cam that uses memory sticks. I have a USB Mem Stick reader/writer for my W2K box at work... But I'm wondering about my Linux box at home. Anyone know if this works with Linux? (the reader, the stick)
Yep, sure does. What distro will you be using it on? If you have usb mass storage enabled in the kernel, modprobe usb-storage and usb-uhci and then mkdir /mnt/sony followed by a mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sony and viola! reading your stick. For a better how to, or if this didn't work, please let me/us know.
This is exciting news... I have a RH 7.3, I think usb-storage and usb-uhci are enabled (I'm at work right now - I'll try this when I get home) Thanks Master C... I'll let ya know.
ha ha ha ha, damn, you just need this then (this is a joke btw) mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sony&& echo VIOLA!
With that command, and your usb card reader (plus memory stick inserted) plugged in, you should be able to access the files via 'cd /mnt/sony ls' but I am guessing that's not what's happening. You shouldn't be getting told anything about how to use mount, but maybe a message about possible filesystem not supported and things of that nature. If so, then you may want to make sure that you have fat support in your kernel. Did you do a "modprobe usb-storage" first?
Post the error message and I will see what I can dig up.
I'll give it a shot... meanwhile, about usb-storage. I think I see something of the sort when my computer boots up followed by an [ok] message. I tried the modprobe command but my box said "no such command."
So I apologize if I just assumed they were there. I have a USB zip connected and it was surprisingly easy. At bootup it was detected and all I had to do was mount it. I am guessing that it means I have usb-storage enabled.
Thanks again for you advice... I'll get to it as soon as I get outta the office.
The modprobe command can only be issued by root (as per default), so you'll need to type su root and then type root's password. This will allow you to 'work' as root, but I advise that you only ever work as root when you absolutely need to! To return to being a normal user, simply type [b]exit[/i].
So:
su root
(type root's password)
modprobe whatever
mount whatever
exit
Man this is not working at all, I posted on another thread regarding this, and still no luck either, below is my console:
bash-2.05a# modprobe usb-storage
bash-2.05a# modprobe usb-uhci
bash-2.05a# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sony
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
bash-2.05a# mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sony&& echo
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device
Any ideas? BTW, my directories were create prior /mnt/sony
Not the best thing to hear, but you may have to recompile your kernel. Slack was what had me worried, but I seemed to have no problem, before, and after my kernel recompile.
Sorry to confuse a bit, but the echo thing was a joke. I was just saying how you could get your terminal to say Viola!
At the end of the slack install it asks what kernel you would like to use, I chose the USBHAY.i (or similar to that) kernel, and it seemed to work. When I recompiled my kernel, I enabled mass storage as module, and still, seems to work.
If you need help on a kernel recompile, let me know.
lmao, no wonder why i didn't get the punch line, man, i'm so new with linux, that i make a foo outa myself, sall good. Dang dude, at the end of slack install, i chose from loaded cd kernel i think....if i chose the others prolly this would have worked? Don't know unless I tried, but that will be another time when I format, might have to get with you on how to compile my crap to work, so far, video, and sound working good in slack, things not working, hmmm, dvd rom drive not showing, and the sony usb mem card reader...I got an intel 850E mobo, dunno if there are special settings to compile or if slack works by defacto for chipsets, etc....ATA 100, dunno bout that, but one thing i know is it seems to run fast, there was an hd command to check speed, forgot where i saw it though, hmmmm, time to google, unless someone knows the quick answer?
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