[NCLUG] Mass Storage Device/Digital Camera

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 08:51:24AM -0700, Rich Young wrote:
>Meanwhile, some interesting things turn up in /var/log/messages and the file
>system when I plug the camera into the USB port.  When the device is set in
>"Mass Storage" mode, the machine assigns it a USB location, assumes it's a
>CD, mounts it as /mnt/cdrom1, and then issues a cute little "this disk

That's probably the problem.  Check out /proc/scsi/scsi and see if the
camera is listed there.  If so, try mounting the appropriate /dev/sd*1
device as a vfat file-system...

That's what the "mass storage" devices I've used for both of my cameras
required and it's worked with varying degrees of success.  Sometimes
I've found that either the driver or the device doesn't do the right
thing and things get confused. 

My new camera I've had *REALLY* bad luck directly downloading with, but
because you have to use a "docking station" to get USB on that camera
it's not something I'm super interested in.  I got a USB<->MMC thing
that mostly works but sometimes FUBARs it.  I'm waiting for my MMC<->CF
adapter to come, since I have a CF slot in my laptop that may be the way
to go...  Particularly since PCMCIA seems to be more stable than USB at
times...

Sean
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