Re: mounting digital camera memory

From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 12/03/03 

Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:41:44 -0700

John Fiore wrote:
> I just started using a particular digital camera with SuSE 9. As soon as
> you plug usb cable into the machine and turn the camera's power on, a
> camera icon appears on the desktop, and I can view my images, which is
> great.
>
> However, I can't seem to get access to the camera except through
> Konqueror. Even though the camera's storage is accesible through
> Konqueror, I don't see it mounted anywhere. If I do a df, it doesn't show
> up.
>
> If I try to mount using something like mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /camera, I
> get "not a valid block device". usb-storage is mounted. I'm not sure at
> all what's going on.
>
>
>
> I have no trouble mounting external usb drives.
>
> Any ideas?
>

How about a cheap USB card reader? I use a Uno! compact flash reader
which cost about $10.

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