[oclug]Digicam connection for upload--help please

[Brad Barnett]

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:21:19 -0500
GR Gaudreau <transop at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 17:45:04 -0500
> thus spake Brad Barnett <bb at L8R.net>:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hmm.  There should be something like this:
> > 
> > 
> > Nov 27 17:43:52 be kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at
> > scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> > 
> > in your logs.  Mine are a lot more extensive that yours as well, but
> > I realise you may not have pasted it all.
> 
> [gr]  Nope, those were all the entries in /var/log/messages when I

Try looking in all logs ;P  Check /var/log/kern.log, syslog, etc.


> plugged in the cam. I unplugged and re-plugged just to make sure and
> they're the same entries as before. I didn't find anything resembling
> what you write above. However, when I do a
> 
> cat scsi in /proc/scsi, I get the following
> 
> Attached devices: 
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: HP       Model: CD-Writer+ 9100  Rev: 1.0a
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor:          Model:                  Rev:     
>   Type:   <NULL>                ANSI SCSI revision: ffffffff
>

SCSI1 would probably be sdb, it looks like your cdwriter is on sda...

  
> [gr]  It looks as though Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 is my
> cam, though I can't be sure. And btw, I tried modifying fstab to read
> /dev/sda, but when I try to mount it, it says no such device(/dev/sda)
> exists. I know I'm close to getting it, but I just don't know how to
> mount the darn thing. Oy!

You don't need to edit fstab each time.  Just try to use the mount command
directly.

mount /dev/sdb1 /mountpoint

You may have to specify the filesystem type, such as

mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mountpoint 

try msdos, etc, etc...

> 
> Darn, I'm going to have to reboot and upload my photos with Winders.
> My wife has to have the photos inside for tomorrow at work. Oy oy!
> 
> -- 
> GR Gaudreau
> "Half the lies they told me aren't true!"
> ~ Yogi Berra
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