Help! Is there anyone out there who has had experience with using a FlashPath floppy adapter for reading SmartMedia cards from a digital camera into the computer?
I am having some difficulty. The SmartMedia cards work OK in the camera and I can re-display photos I have taken. I have installed the supplied FlashPath driver in WIN98 and a small green icon appears in the lower right-hand corner of the Windows screen (next to the time). When the SmartMedia is in the FlashPath floppy and the floppy is in the drive, when I click on the icon, I get a two-option menu: "(A:) Diskette" and "About". Clicking on the former produces no effect. The latter produces an info screen saying "FlashPath Monitor v. 3.60.04". Trying to access drive A: by clicking "My Computer" and "A:" produces an info screen saying "SmartMedia error" and the green icon turns gray. Subsequent tries produce an "A:\ is not accessible" message. After rebooting, clicking "Programs:Flashpath:SmartMedia Format" also produces the error message turning the icon gray. Although the FlashPath floppy is new, I checked the batteries and they are OK. Is there something obvious that I'm missing? Otherwise I can only conclude that the hardware is defective. Any help would be appreciated. I have downloaded a driver for LINUX (designed for RH6.1) but have not yet attempted to install it. Klaus Hameyer Burlington, VT (USA)
