[Gllug] USB flash memory card reader

[Garry Heaton]

>>Message: 9
>>From: Paul Cupis <paul at cupis.co.uk>
>>Organization: Cupis Information Services
>>To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>>Subject: Re: [Gllug] USB flash memory card reader
>>Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:01:10 +0000
>>Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 17:37, Garry Heaton wrote: [snip]

>> ##################################################################
>> Attached devices:
>> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: Datafab  Model: MDCFE-B USB CF R Rev: 0014
>>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> ##################################################################
>>
>> Does this mean the device is working?


>Yes, I think so.


>> There was no specific /dev/scsi0 but I found:
>>
>> /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/generic
>> /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
>>
>> In my ignorance I tried mounting these with:
>>
>> mount -t usbdevfs /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc /mnt/flash
>>
>> ... but no joy.


> Can you try with -t auto or -t vfat, please? usbdevfs is not a valid
> filesystem type, so this will never work.

> Regards,

> Paul Cupis

Switching on today the confusion is even greater as although the USB
device shows-up in Mandrake Control Centre > Info > USB Devices, these
are absent:

/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/generic
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc

There is now /dev/scsi/host[1-4] but nothing below lun0 so nothing to mount.

I switched the device to the second USB port and back again but
/proc/scsi/scsi seems to simply add an entry each time. It nows shows 4
duplicate entries ranging from scsi0 to scsi3.

Now, will someone explain to me how Linux is supposed to ready for Joe
SixPack to plug 'n play? (Ducks while eggs thrown). Only joking. I love
Linux dearly. Honest :-)

Garry













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