Connecting to Camera, UnErasing Photo (was RE: [NCLUG] Linux Alternatives & Necessities for Home Use)

[Bob Proulx]

Robie Lutsey wrote:
> Oh, yeah.  USB mass storage devices normally appear as scsi devices.  
> Check out /proc/scsi/ for clues.

I personally use mcopy from the mtools package to copy the unmounted
FAT32 device as if it were a floppy.  I don't even mount the usb.

  mdir a:camera01
  mcopy a:camera01/*.jpg .

My /etc/mtools.conf file sets this:

  drive a: file="/dev/sda1" exclusive

My laptop does not really have a floppy so reusing a: for the first
usb storage device is more useful to me.

Bob