if you get a pcmcia adaptor for CF cards, you can insert it (if you have the PCMCIA kernel modules installed!) and then mount it as a hard disk. on most systems, it will be mountable as a vfat volume (you need this in your kernel too!) on the first available IDE controller: most systems will see it as /dev/hde1 (hda=bus0-master, hdb=bus0-slave, hdc=bus1-master, hdd=bus1-slave).
I think that it should work the same way if you get a pcmcia pci adapter for your desktop. I've heard lots of tales about fiddling around: probably best to go to linuxdoc.org and search for the particular model of digital camera. but the best thing that I've found is to spring for the $15 and go the pcmcia route. it's super simple and works great. the command would be (as root or with sudo) mount -t vfat /dev/hde1 /<mount=point> glen -----Original Message----- From: anup neelanath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:17 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Query on CF cards.. Hi, Let me intoduce myself first. I am Anup from India. I am looking in the net for buying a digital camera - one with compact flash card. I got ur mail address from one of the replies u had given for a query on compact flash card. I hope u will be able to answer my query.. I have a desktop PC - windows, and no USB port. The cameras now adays come with USB cables. I saw that the CF card is IDE compatible. Does it mean that I can directly connect the CF card to the IDE interface (as if connecting a HD), or do I need to have some interface to connect it to the IDE cable. I understand that if I buy a PCMCIA adaptor for CF card I can use it in the PCMCIA slot of a laptop and in that case also will I see the CF card as a Hard disk? I will be really grateful if u can answer my queries... Thanx a lot in advance// Anup _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
