Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
Well I tend to agree, I think a reader is the best route because you will inevitably
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>>So the system finds the device ok , but that's as far as it goes.
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>>John
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>Hmm, what is it, then? Some weird proprietary file system?
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I wish I could tell you , I plucked up courage just now and decided to try
formatting the card in the camera in fat32, but when it came to actually
do the job it baulked, said it could not read the partition table.
so I thought why not give it a go from the command line ?
[root@localhost root]# mkfs /dev/sda
mke2fs 1.27ea (14-Mar-2002)
/dev/sda is entire device, not just one partition!
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
4096 inodes, 16384 blocks
819 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
2 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2048 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
8193
Warning: could not read block 0: Attempt to read block from filesystem
resulted in
short read
Writing inode tables: done
ext2fs_mkdir: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short
read while
creating root dir
So my guess is , especially as it's only a month or so old is that it
uses some file system mandrake cannot understand, but then if that's
the case then how come windblows can read the card.
Intersting don't you think. Is there a new denser file system on the block ?
Has someone got more into less , perhaps the file system is somehow
different . I don't know, but it's a shame, the cameras all right really.
John
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From the Hp data sheet:
Images saved as JPEGs to CompactFlash (Type I) memory cards
This is the same thing that My Kodak uses and I have been able to access via usb with a PNY CompactFlash card reader. You can do a mount /dev/sda1 and then find the card with files mounted under /mnt/memory_card, works great. I have gphoto2 working but the battery toll is high so I use the card reader instead and save batteries. HTH
Dennis M.
want to use all sorts of peoples cameras , and well a readers means you can.
The only thing is that there is quite a lot more to readers than meets the eye.
At first I went out looking for a smartcard readers. I soon found that in fact
there are quite a few readers that can read all sorts of removable media types
in the one device. I been looking for the right one, might as well get one that
handeles just about eveything, then I'm equiped for the future so to speak
Funny thing is they are not much more expensive.
John
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