I have gotten a Flatfoto digital camera for a present for a realative and he only has Red hat to my knowledge. I think it would be cool if I could give him the how-to instructions on how to make it work on his computer.

This camera is one made by Radio Shack ( http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=16-3831 )
and I can't find any place via google to make it work. What would be the best way to make it work on Red Hat Linux 9? Any info would be much appreciated.

Many of these cameras can be mounted as external USB drive.

OK is that hard to do?

No. Plug your camera in. If you can see on console new device recognized as /dev/sda1 (or whatever is your first free SCSI device) then you are on half way. Now try to mount it.

mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera

Sorry, it has been a while since Ive been on linux, but what do you mean 'console'?

Terminology has never been my strong side. Had to look up in Wiki:

The console is the text output device for system administration messages. These messages come from the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger.
On modern small computers the console is usually the computer's attached monitor and keyboard.
On many older computers, the console is an RS-232 link to a terminal such as a DEC VT100. This terminal is in a locked room and is continually observed by the minicomputer's operators. Large systems from Sun, Hewlett-Packard and IBM still use serial consoles.
It is usually possible to login from the console. A login session from the console is treated by many parts of the operating system as being more trustworthy than a login session from other sources. Logging in as the root super-user from the console is the Command Line of Last Resort when faced with a misbehaving system.

You can depress Alt+Ctrl+F1 for tty1 - the console 1.

Ah, I see, Terminology has never been my strong suite either. Well I get into console, but how do I tell where the digital camera is on my system?

Just plug it into USB port and see if it is recognised as SCSI device. Make sure your camera is switched on of course :-)

OK, but how do I find out if it is? Sorry, I haven't been on linux in like 5 months.

I do not understand. Are you telling me you plugged your camera in and there was no visible response on console output?

I got it to give me output. and it says this:
Is that what it is supposed to say? Or is it supposed to say something else?

Not good. Maybe your kernel has no SCSI support or maybe your camera cannot mounted this way. I've heard there is s/w for handling cameras available as rpm package. Do not know details though. You better start new thread.

Well I have had a USB mouse, and I never had this error. Does that mean for sure that it cannot be mounted as a USB mass storage device?

What exactlty do I need to make it work? Or what should I call the thread.

Your system has to have hotplug support and SCSI support for this to work. Most newer distros-kernels have all this enabled by default. I can mount my camera this way, never investigated it in depth. Thus, cannot answer anything for sure. Search LinuxQuestions hardware forum. I think I saw the software mentioned there.