[Gloucs] SD memory cards.

[Andy Teague]

Geoff Bagley wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have just bought a USB plug-in SD  memory reader to match my Canon 
> digital camera.
>
> All works well,  and I can down-load my photos into my Toshiba laptop.
>
> However, I would prefer to access the device by mounting it  ( say in 
> /mnt )  using the CLI,  rather than as a konqueror window.
>
> The problem is that  mount /dev/sda1  asks for a filesystem type.
>
> Can anyone make a good suggestion what to put after the "-t" request ?
> Is there a way of looking at an existing file system, and identifying 
> its pedigree ?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Geoff.
>
while the system has it mounted -  as you see it in knoquerer:
go to the command line and cat /etc/mtab
that will show you the device name and type currently mounted
(OK you will need to decided exactly which entry is the SD card,
but you get the idea)

Andy





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