[ale] USB/CF Reader and Linux

[David Corbin]

Christopher R. Curzio wrote:

>Hello all.
>
>I made a stop today at a K-Mart that is going out of business, just
>looking around to see what goodies I might be able to pick up. I found a
>nice little Memorex USB Compact Flash reader for $15.00. I couldn't let it
>sit there, you see, so it came home with me. I don't know what the regular
>price is, but $15 is a good enough price for me.
>
>Anyway, I really don't have any idea how to get it working in Linux.
>Obviously USB needs to be working, but once that's up and running, how
>would I mount the CF card? How do I tell the system "Hey, there's a CF
>reader on the USB port. Recognize it, and mount on /mnt/cf."
>
>Anyone have any resources on the web for this kind of thing?
>
>Thanks.
>
Not only do you need a driver for USB, you need a driver specific to the 
Memorex CF Reader.  If there is one, and its loaded (and you've got USB 
storage enabled), then it looks like a SCSI drive.  Mine (a Sandisk one) 
is /dev/sda1.

Be sure you have the latest 2.4 Kernel.

FYI, mine as ~$30 at BestBuy in January.



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