Hi Dave
Depends on the brand etc ....im assuming its a usb device , if so ,it is usually recognised as a scsi device, mandrake uses devfs iirc , so check for a new entry sda~ in /dev/ after a couple of seconds of pluging it in , im asumming mandrake should have the neccessary kernel bits already installed (youll need generic scsi device support ,vfat fs support and a few other bits and pieces) . The best bet would be to try mounting it manually then worry about the fstab/mtab entrys down the track. Could also be worth checking via usbview or similar to verify the kernel recognises the device first off also Cheers Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CLUG Canterbury Linux Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:34 PM Subject: Flash card reader > Hi List > > I have a generic flash card reader I am trying to install on Mandrake 9.1, > > I have had little success so far with the HOWTOS & by using diskdrake etc > > I understand that I should be able to get this to appear a a mounted harddrive > and there should be an entry in fstab/mtab?? > > I am a bit lost however so a bit of help on this would be appreciated > > Fstab looks like this: > > /dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 > none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount > dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 > none /mnt/floppy supermount > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > and "mtab": > > /dev/hdb1 / ext3 rw 0 0 > none /proc proc rw 0 0 > none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 > none /dev devfs rw 0 0 > none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0 > /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 rw 0 0 > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > ro,dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 > none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount > ro,dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 > none /mnt/floppy supermount > rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat rw,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 > > > > cheers................dave > > > Reply to: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > -------------------------------------------- > KMail on Davesmachine > Linux Mandrake release 9.1 (Bamboo) for i586 > Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk i686 / tty4 > -------------------------------------------- > >
