Dan wrote:

I just picked up a Lexar multicard reader... it reads compact flash, memory sticks, smart media, etc. via USB. Anyone out there use such a beast under linux? What or where do I mount it? I have a normal memory stick that ends up mounting as /mnt/memory_card but I can't figure out where this card reader mounts.


I use the following shell script because it has just "worked for me", not because its better than other folks solutions:

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#!/bin/sh
# card.sh: Add SCSI devices for the card reader
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 0 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 0 1" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 0 2" > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 0 3" > /proc/scsi/scsi
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
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Heres what the output looks like:

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Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
 Vendor: ICSI     Model: CF Card          Rev: 2.7C
 Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 01
 Vendor: ICSI     Model: MS Card          Rev: 2.7C
 Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 02
 Vendor: ICSI     Model: SD Card          Rev: 2.7C
 Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 03
 Vendor: ICSI     Model: SM Card          Rev: 2.7C
 Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
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Each lets me know which card reader is where, Compact Flash reader is /dev/sda, memory stick reader is /dev/sdb and so on.

Now that I travel with the card reader insead of leaving it at home attached to the desktop box, I'll probably pay attention to this thread and do this in a more automated/standard way, if there is such a thing.

Peace.

john
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