Maybe there's something in your camera.  Because I just tried it with my
HP 215 and the mount returned /dev/sda1 as an unknown device.  How do I
determine which /dev the modprobe attached usb-storage to?

Bob Young wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:32:07 -0700
> "ben s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > i was considering buying a digital camera, and was wondering which one
> has
> > the leaset problems working with linux? is usb or serial the way to go
> for
> > linux usage???
> 
> USB is definitely the way to go.  I have a Casio QV2000UX (2.1 Mpixel, 3 x
> optical zoom, full auto and manual modes, comes with 8MB CF card, I put a
> 64MB in it, and it supports IBM microdrive of 340MB.  Cost me ~ $300).  It
> works with LM 8.0 without any extra software.  I believe any USB camera
> should work this way.
> I simply use the mass storage device driver - just do a
> 'modprobe usb-storage'.  Of course you need to have usbcore and usb-uhci
> loaded, usually done by init.
> I added the following line to /etc/fstab (I have no SCSI drives) -
>   /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0
> and made a node at the mount point /mnt/camera.
> I plug in the camera, switch it on, and then do a 'mount /mnt/camera' ,
> and I can then read the CF card just like a disk drive, and copy the files
> I want.  It's really slick - and fast.
> 
> Bob
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