Treat CF card like a floppy

[Anh Lai]

NP man.  I just get irritated sometimes when people think KDE can do 
everything.  There are alot better ways to do things but may take time 
research/read.  Fortunately, there are some old school linux people using 
"user freindly" kde now and lurk on this mailing list.

Good luck, im sure you will get it working within a day after reading the docs 
on usb-storage.

Word of advise that is offtopic, SAMBA is also done in almost exactly like 
this fashion but more involved in /etc/fstab to give permissions to the 
proper users besides root access to a remotely mounted SMB share.  I find 
newer users immediately look to get SMB working first off the bat.


[ On Thursday 06 March 2003 10:55 pm, Steven Whatley wrote ]
> Anh,
>
> Now that is a *much* better answer than just "This isn't a KDE related
> topic".  If KDE is *not* the best way to do it then that is fine with me
> and satifies my request.  Your advice is very helpful.  I'll check out
> hotplug and look over www.linux-usb.org more thoroughly.
>
> Thanks,
> Steven
>
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Anh Lai wrote:
> > If the docs on www.linux-usb.org relating to USB-STORAGE were read, it
> > would be known that KDE is not the answer to mounting a CF or External
> > Storage device automagically correctly, or reliably.
> >
> > So, the correct way is to modify /etc/fstab in this fashion:
> > /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usbcf vfat 1 2 or /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbcf vfat 1 2 (assuming
> > /mnt/usbcf exists)
> > or some fashion close to that.
> > You must have usb-storage, scsi support/emulation compiled in the kernel.
> >
> > Install hotplug correctly since it will auto mount the CF reader for you.
> > Notice KDE is not involved?
> > plug in the reader.
> >
> > #cd /mnt/usbcf
> > #ls
> >
> > and you see your files.
> >
> > if you want KDE involved, make a link to /mnt/usbcf on your desktop and
> > you have a link to the CF card whenever it's plugged.
> >
> > Hotplug + usb-storage will automount the card for you, NOT KDE.
> >
> >
> > [ On Wednesday 05 March 2003 07:35 pm, Jeff Elkins wrote ]
> >
> > > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 8:20 pm, Anh Lai wrote:
> > > >You should research usb devices at http://www.linux-usb.org or
> > > >http://hotplug.sourceforge.net
> > > >
> > > >This is not a KDE question.
> > > >
> > > >[ On Tuesday 04 March 2003 09:45 pm, Steven Whatley wrote ]
> > > >
> > > >> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> > > >> > On Tuesday 04 March 2003 9:36 pm, Steven Whatley wrote:
> > > >> > >I have a CF card reader attached to my RH8 box.  I would like it
> > > >> > > to show up on the KDE Desktop like "Floppy" and "CD/DVD ROM".  I
> > > >> > > have no trouble mounting the CF card using the command 'mount -t
> > > >> > > vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf'.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >How do I set this up?  Any info will be appreciated.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Under KDE 3.1 you can right-click, then choose 'create new hard
> > > >> > drive' - you'll be presented with a dialog where you can choose
> > > >> > the device among other things.
> > > >>
> > > >> I forgot to mention that I am using KDE 3.0.5a.  I'll still check to
> > > >> see if the option there.  Also, the CF card reader is a USB device.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Steven
> > >
> > > Nonsense.
> > >
> > > Stephen was asking about using KDE desktop procedures to automate a
> > > task.
> > >
> > > Jeff Elkins
> > >
> > >
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