[NTLUG:Discuss] how to mount sandisk card reader in Linux

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--- daphne and steve martindell <smartind at comcast.net>
wrote:
> I plugged in the USB Sandisk Image-Mate Smart Media
> card reader.
> It appears to have ennumerated correctly because it
> has a device
> entry at "/dev/sda".
> 
> So from what I have read on Google, I just have to
> mount the device
> and I should be able to copy the picture  files from
> the memory card.
> The memory card was written by an Olympus C700
> digital camera.
> 
> this is what I have tried:
> 
> linux /root#  mount  -t  vfat  /dev/sda 
> /mnt/sandisk
> mount: block device /dev/sda is write-protected,
> mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
> /dev/sda,
>        or too many mounted file systems
> 
> linux /root#  mount  -t  msdos  /dev/sda 
> /mnt/sandisk
> mount: block device /dev/sda is write-protected,
> mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
> /dev/sda,
>        or too many mounted file systems
> 
> linux /root# mount -t autofs  /dev/sda  /mnt/sandisk
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
> /dev/sda,
>        or too many mounted file systems
> 
> -----
> Maybe I'm guessing the wrong file-system type!?
> 
> Has anyone got one of these readers to work on
> Linux?
> 
> I'm running SuSE8.2    2.4.20-4GB
> 
>      -steve
> 
> 
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sandisk
when yer done
umount /mnt/sandisk

to make it easier, make an entry in /etc/fstab
dev/sda1              /mnt/sandisk        auto    
noauto,users,memstick 0 0
so that after next boot, you'll only have to go
mount /mnt/sandisk

You can also create an icon on your desktop to do it
FOR you if you like [when you click on it]:
(If you'r using KDE):
[Desktop Entry]
Dev=/dev/sda1
FSType=auto
Icon=package_games_arcade [or whatever]
MountPoint=/mnt/sandisk
Name=MemoryStick [or FlashMemory]
Type=FSDevice
UnmountIcon=3floppy_unmount
X-KDE-Dynamic-Device=true

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