Friends, I appreciate the help and suggestions that I've received
so far on this matter ... but I'm still confused.
Following is a recap of various of steps that have been recommended
by various sources. I can't figure out which are necessary and which
are not needed (or incorrect):
cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
fdisk -l # to find out what /dev to use, i.e. /dev/sda1
# but what does all this mean: ev/sda1 * 2 999 15963+ 1 FAT12
mount -t usbdevfs usb /proc/bus/usb
# or #
mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb
# Which one? What's the difference in 'usb' and 'none' ?
modprobe usb-storage # What is this for? Do I need it?
mkdir -p /mnt/camera (or) /mnt/film - I understand this one.
edit /etc/fstab # to add this:
# /dev/sda1 /mnt/film msdos ro,noauto,user 0 0
# or #
# /dev/sda1 /mnt/film vfat rw,noauto,user 0 0
# I understand 'noauto' so it doesn't try to mount at boot time
# but I don't understand msdos -vs- vfat or 'ro' vs 'rw'
mount /dev/sda1 # to mount the camera directory
# or #
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/film
# or #
mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/camera
# can't figure out which of the three 'mount' syntax's above to use?
cp /mnt/camera/dcim/100media/* /home/name/photos/041015
# dcim and 100media are sub-dirs on some camera file systems
# or #
# /dcim/camera-related-name-string (another had 100cnxnt)
# or #
cp -rav /mnt/film/* ~/photos/
# can't figure out what the correct cp syntax should be?
umount /dev/sda1
# or #
umount /mnt/film
# I understand the 'umount' command, but why do some say
# umount /dev/sda1 and others umount /mnt/film ?
# are these two the same?
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My original question was:
>> What is the most efficient way to download photos from
>> a "mass storage device" digital camera to a Linux system?
>> When the camera is plugged in to USB and turned on,
>> cat /proc/bus/usb recognizes the camera, cat /proc/scsi/scsi
>> recognizes that it is on host scsi3, and fdisk -l reveals that
>> the camera is on /dev/sdb1.
>> What command-line syntax can I use to copy all the images
>> from the camera to a designated directory on the hard drive?
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> One response said:
> mount /dev/sdb1 using "vfat" as the file system type
> make a directory called /camera or /mnt/camera
> use "mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /camera"
> copy files as you want
> Maybe add that mount info to your /etc/fstab
> (adding "noauto" option so it doesn't attempt to mount at boot time also).
> Do a google search on this too -- many webpages explain further
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> Another response said:
> mount /dev/sdb1 /something
> cp /something/dcim/*/* location you want files
> umount /something
The other syntax examples listed above I found on the 'net.
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