Re: RH 9.0 & mounting smart media-part 2

From: Jeffrey Silverman (jeffrey_at_jhu.edu)
Date: 07/02/03 

Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 11:40:07 -0400

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 05:42:32 +0000, Allen wrote:

> Okay...here's something else for you to ponder.
>
> I have a USB Lexar Smart Media card reader that I use with my Fuji
> 2800Z digital camera. I got the device ID and all the necessary
> info to add it to /etc/fstab on my Red Hat 9.0 machine. First
> time up...it mounted with no problems and I was able to take
> images off of it. After I unmounted it, I could not get it to
> mount again....not without a reboot OR without unplugging it from
> the USB hub and plugging it back in.
>
> This is the line that's in my /etc/fstab file:
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/lexar auto noauto,user,rw 0 0
>
> After mounting the card, I took a peek at the /etc/mtab file.
> This is what it had referring to the card reader:
>
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/lexar vfat rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=allen 0 0
>
> As I said before, I was able to successfully mount the card and
> pull an image off before unmounting and removing to take another
> picture. When I put it back in the reader and tried to mount it
> I get this error:
>
> "mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none
> was specifed."
>
> Anyone else get theirs to work and keep working without having to
> restart OR unplug it then plug it back in? Suggestions/comments are
> appreciated.
>
> By the way...I did change the mount point from /mnt/fuji to /mnt/lexar.
> The previous seemed kinda...well...stupid...but somewhat amusing :)
>
> Thanks!
> Allen

Did you put the line in /etc/fstab yourself?

I ask because RHL9 uses kudzu to autoconfigure /etc/fstab when you add a
new removable media drive to your system. kudzu also will create the
appropriate mount point (in your case, /mnt/lexar). Meaning, you need not
add the line to /etc/fstab or create the mount point yourself on
vanilla/default configured RHL9.

also, RHL9 uses hotplug to do "stuff" with USB devices. You can get
USB-storage devices to mount automatically, even.

Also, also, if you are using Gnome, there is a GUI way to mount removable
disks: "Right-Click (on desktop)->Disks"

Also, also, also, I wrote a little script for my SanDisk flashcard reader
on RH9 to solve these types of problems. You can see it here:
http://www.wse.jhu.edu/newtnotes/main_file.php/sysadmin/58/

I don't know if this was helpful or not, but I hope it was a *little*
helpful.

later... 

-- 
    Jeffrey D. Silverman | jeffrey AT jhu DOT edu
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
                 Website | http://www.wse.jhu.edu/newtnotes/

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