[Gllug] cam phone to communicate w pc via usb cable

[Will Napier]

Xander, thanks for the advice. fdisk -l didn't produce anything I could  
recognize:

[root at localhost <username>]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 20.5 GB, 20525137920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2495 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

                                 Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks    
Id  System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1   *         1       764   6136798+   
83  Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2           765      2495   
13904257+   5  Extended
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5           765       827    506016    
82  Linux swap
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6           828      2495  13398178+   
83  Linux

However lsusb did. I know it is the 'Prolific Technology' one, because  
when I changed the usb port I attached it to, the listing changed:

[root at localhost <username>]# lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c506 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 03f0:1004 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 970c/970cse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial  
Port
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

So it is acknowledged as present, but as I understand it, it is not  
recognized as a mountable device. Is there a way to do this? With thanks,  
Will


On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:16:36 +0100, Xander D Harkness  
<gllug at harkness.co.uk> wrote:

Will Napier wrote:

Hi, I am non-technical and think I may have bitten off rather more than I   
can chew. I have just bought a usb data cable for my Samsung E700 mobile   
phone,
and I want to transfer photos.

If the phone presents as a usb mass storage device you should see a  
listing with fdisk -l when it is plugged in.

If you see something like this:

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 36.4 GB, 36415464448 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 70559 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1         203      102280+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2             204       70559    35459424   8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/hde: 1077 MB, 1077608448 bytes
64 heads, 63 sectors/track, 522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 = 2064384 bytes

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1         521     1050304+   6  FAT16

/dev/hda is your main drive, /dev/sda may be the camera, in which case you  
should be able to mount the partition using:

mkdir /mnt/phone
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/phone

You can also have a prod with lsusb to see if the system can see it at all.

Kind regards
Xander

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