Trouble with Mounting CF Card Reader

From: Oliver F. Nandico (news_at_o-f-n.de)
Date: 10/10/03


Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:12:47 +0000

Hi there,

I looked around in several support forums and googled a while, but
didn't get a solution for my problem:

- I want to mount a 6in1 Card Reader Writer (Hama 00046944)as an USB
   mass storage device
- When I want to mount the card reader with the fstab entry:
   /dev/sda1 /media/cfread vfat defaults,user 0 0
   at the exisiting mount point /media/cfreader
   I get "/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device"

I want to know, if there is any solution to this problem, or should I
simply give up. I really appreciate any help, even if it says "don't buy
cheap card readers".

I can provide the following information on my fruitless efforts:

Linux version: SuSe 8.2, Kernel 2.4.20

usbview shows for mass storage the following entry:
Mass Storage Device
Manufacturer: Generic
Serial Number: 9206051
Speed: 12Mb/s (full)
USB Version: 1.10
Device Class: 00(>ifc )
Device Subclass: 00
Device Protocol: 00
Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8
Number of Configurations: 1
Vendor Id: 058f
Product Id: 9360
Revision Number: 1.00

Config Number: 1
        Number of Interfaces: 1
        Attributes: 80
        MaxPower Needed: 100mA

        Interface Number: 0
                Name: usb-storage
                Alternate Number: 0
                Class: 08(stor.)
                Sub Class: 6
                Protocol: 50
                Number of Endpoints: 2

                        Endpoint Address: 01
                        Direction: out
                        Attribute: 2
                        Type: Bulk
                        Max Packet Size: 64
                        Interval: 0ms

                        Endpoint Address: 82
                        Direction: in
                        Attribute: 2
                        Type: Bulk
                        Max Packet Size: 64
                        Interval: 0ms

/proc/usb/devices shows:

C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 98mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=hid
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 4 Ivl=10ms
T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=058f ProdID=9360 Rev= 1.00
S: Manufacturer=Generic
S: Product=Mass Storage Device
S: SerialNumber=9206051

/proc/devices shows:
Character devices:
   1 mem
   2 pty
   3 ttyp
   4 ttyS
   5 cua
   6 lp
   7 vcs
  10 misc
  13 input
  14 sound
  21 sg
108 ppp
116 alsa
128 ptm
136 pts
162 raw
180 usb
203 cpu/cpuid
226 drm

Block devices:
   2 fd
   3 ide0
   7 loop
   8 sd
  11 sr
  22 ide1
  65 sd
  66 sd

sg_utils -i shows:
dev/sg0: scsi0 channel=0 id=0 lun=0 [em] type=5
     HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B 1.00 [wide=0 sync=0 cmdq=0 sftre=0 pq=0x0]
/dev/sg1: scsi1 channel=0 id=0 lun=0 [em] type=0
     Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 [wide=0 sync=0 cmdq=0 sftre=0 pq=0x0]

sg_map shows:
/dev/sg0 /dev/scd0
/dev/sg1 /dev/sda

I hope I included every necessary information.

Thanks for all the help
Oliver F. Nandico

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