Generally, devices like this are simple USB Mass Storage Controller devices. One "controller" for each slot. So effectively, you end up with a "device" for each card type, so that say Compact Flash cards will be /dev/sda, Sony MemoryStick will be /dev/sdb, etc. How you access those devices will depend on how the media is formatted, but generally, using CF as an example:
/dev/sda is the device
/dev/sda1 is the first partition on that device, very likely FAT16 formatted
You can mount the device with `mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/foo -t vfat`
Generally, if you've found the device in dmesg, and seen it identified, the hard part is over. Give the above a shot, and if you're still having trouble, let us know here on the list.
Aaron S. Joyner
bp wrote:
I'm on a RHEL AS v3-update 2 box and my Sandisk 6-in-1 card reader just doesn't seem to play well. The drive is recognized, appropriately labeled in the the messages & dmesg logs but I can't for the life of me mount any cards. Card & drive are confirmed working on another box.
dmesg lists it as sda. How does Linux typically assign each slot on the reader? sda1,sda2 or sdb1,sdc1 etc..?
Thanks.
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