Re: [SLUG] Mounting USB devices?

[dazza@xxxxxxxxxx]

On Wed, 21 May 2003, Jeff Waugh wrote:

> <quote who="dazza@xxxxxxxxxx">
>
> > Does anyone know if you can/how to mount USB devices?
>
> Normally, if the device supports standard USB storage stuff, you just load
> usb-storage and the scsi disk drivers, and you will have a scsi block device
> ready to go.

Is the module called usb-storage?

> > I have a Kodak digital camera for which I have just discovered the USB
> > connection now works [Mandrake 9's kernel actually likes my USB port,
> > which I couldn't get to work previously}.
> >
> > However, the only matching device is a characted device, not a block
> > device, which means I've gotta use GPhoto to download the pics.
>
> Perhaps you don't have the usb-storage driver loaded, and it's being
> recognised by something else?

Well, the usb core recognises it as a dc2xx - which is what it is,
effectively.

> > It'd be much easier if I could just mount the device somewhere and use CP.
> > Anyone know if this is possible? if so, how?
>
> I do it all the time, as above.

I'll give usb-storage a go and see what happens. But if it does, what
device would it come up as?

DaZZa