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01-31-2004, 04:51 PM	#1
marsques Member Registered: Jan 2004 Location: Manchester Distribution: slackware... Posts: 344 Rep:	activating hotplug ... ie mount cardreader hi i used to be able to mount the internal usb sdcard reader in linux by darkstar:~$ mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sd but now when i type the above it says "this is not a valid block device" a bit lost... i think this has something to do with hotplug but dunno what to do... advice please...

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