On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:41:24 +1300 Paul William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 20:58, Nick Rout wrote: > > errr this isn't windows is it?? > > nope. Mandrake. I have on occasion, when fixing driver problems on > windows machines, wished they could sort out drivers as easily as > mandrake. > my comment was about the idea of having to reboot - it shouldn't be necessary (unless you are needing to load a new kernel) > > > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:39:04 +1300 > > Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Whack a memory card into it and then reboot, then it should be > > > picked up on boot. From then on you should be sweet. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > Paul William wrote: > > > > > > >Didnt mandrake make you through the steps of setting up on > > > >bootup? > > > > > > > >On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 22:34, Dave wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>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=8 > > > >50 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 > > > >>-------------------------------------------- > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > -- > > .''`. Paul William > : :' : Debian admin and user > `. `'` > `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system > >
