undef; Re: [SLL] CompactFlash/USB as Removable Disk?

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 02:10:46PM -0700, Creede Lambard wrote:
>I think this depends on what type of reader you have. For instance I
>have a SanDisk SmartMedia reader (similar principle, different medium)
>that Linux can recognize, in that if you plug it in it shows up in the
>list of USB devices, but there doesn't seem to be a driver so I can't
>read to or write to the disk. (Disclaimer: I haven't tried it with RH8)

I've only tried reading flash cards on two types of devices, a PCMCIA
adapter for the SmartMedia cards from my Olympus digital camera, and a
couple of USB readers for SmartMedia and Compact Flash that I use with my
PowerMac G4 running OS X.  My first tests of the CompactFlash reader were
with a flash card we had made for a LRP style router, and I could see all
the Linux files on it.  I presume that I could write files as well.

The PCMCIA adapter treats the SmartMedia cards as a standard IDE hard
drive, and I added the appropriate configuration to my AMD automounter
files so that it's /dev/hde (something or other).  The laptop's off-line
now so I can't check the details now.

Bill
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