USB *-IN-1 card readers

[Nathan England]

That is what I expected to happen, but it showed only one drive and it would 
not let me mount it. I tried many ways of plugging it in with and without the 
card inserted. Without the card, the sda and sg devices didn't exist, but 
with the card in, sda1 and sg0 showed up, but I could do nothing with them.


On Wednesday 30 August 2006 08:23, you wrote:
> Nathan England wrote:
> >I am having a problem with a card reader. When I plug it in, dmesg sees
> > the device and shows any cards plugged into it, which I have only one. It
> > shows a sd: sda1 which is correct. Afterwards, I can not open the card.
> > fdisk says it is invalid, the permissions are fine, but I'm root
> > anyway...
> >
> >Is something special required to r/w card readers? This is my first
> > attempt at a usb media device other than a thumb drive.
> >
> >Nathan
>
> I found that if I unplugged the card reader from the USB hub and then
> re-plugged it _with the card inserted_,that it would be recognized.
> Mine, a Camera-Mate card reader, shows four different removeable drives.
> I try each drive until I find my pictures.  This dodge may work with
> your set-up.  BTW, this works for me as user.
>
> Bob Eaton

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