From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Adams Subject: Re: Linux FAT12 mount issue (digital media problem) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 07:29:52 +0200 Message-ID: <200508010729.52409.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> References: <42ED6FCC.5010001@gelm.net> Reply-To: pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <42ED6FCC.5010001@gelm.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Mukund JB." On Monday 01 August 2005 02:41, chuck wrote: Mukund JB. wrote: > Dear chunk, > >Here are the details of my understanding. =A0 > >The cannon camera (other devices too) formatted SD is indeed a partiti= on >FAT12. When I said Most linux distros now have hotplug which should take care of loading t= he=20 correct module(s) for camera memory driver devices. A way of getting around not knowing what module to use for the filesyst= em is=20 to use the "-t auto" option of mount. mount -t auto /dev/xxx /mnt/xxx =20 chuck gelm. Wrote: > Please copy and paste (not attach) the new lines appended to=20 > /var/log/messages > when your camera device is connected to your computer. dmesg would be much more informative and indeed shead more light=20 than /var/log/messages would. Regards Richard. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs