On 7 Aug 2006, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <quote who="John Clarke"> > > > I have a new (HP) laptop with Ubuntu 6.06. Most things just work :-) > > > > I also have a PCMCIA compact flash adapter which works, except that I have > > to mount the drive manually after inserting it. I'd like to have it > > automount but having never played with PCMCIA on Linux I don't know what > > to do to make it happen. > > > > Would someone please point me in the right direction? > > It totally depends on your PCMCIA adapter. Some do everything fine, even if > you're (un)plugging the CF itself. Some are fine if you're just (un)plugging > the PCMCIA card. Some are totally h0rked (but a subset of those are probably > fixable). > > I'd recommend filing a bug with as much information you can glean about the > PCMCIA/CF adaper as possible.
What Jeff says is the right thing to do. On the other hand... I had an old PCMCIA reader that was slow and tended to make my machine crash, and on a good day made everything else very slow while it's being accessed. I bought a Belkin USB 2.0 reader for about $30 and it's *much* faster and more reliable, and can be plugged into desktops if need be. Money well spent in my case. Maybe John's is better. -- Martin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
