Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 13:13:11 -0500 From: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems with digital camera Message-ID: <1104603191.85905.5.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050101175305.GA45452@keyslapper.org> References: <1104600165.85905.2.camel@localhost> <20050101175305.GA45452@keyslapper.org>
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On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 12:53 -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > I have that same model. I never bothered to try hooking it directly > to the USB port. The camera uses CompactFlash cards, so I picked up a > SanDisk USB reader (Sandisk PN: SDDR-31) and hooked it to the USB > port. All I needed in the kernel config was the umass device, which > it sounds like you already have. > > Then I just mount the inserted card as a dos partition (usually > /dev/da0s1) and I can move pics to my filesystem (mv, not cp). This cleans > out the card and preserves the timestamp on the file, so I don't have > to otherwise mar my pic with an auto date label to know when I took > it. > > Another advantage, is you can buy a couple cards, and the camera isn't > tied down for the upload. > > What may (or may not) be related, is that I have to have the reader > mounted prior to boot, or the /dev/da0 device doesn't show in the /dev > partition. When the card in inserted, it's detected and the > /dev/da0s1 device appears. There may be a way to get the USB device > to rescan, but I'm not that fluent with USB. > > I had the same setup on FreeBSD versions, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, and now 5.3 > RELEASE. Works like a charm. And yes, I bought mine way back when it > cost a good months rent :| > > Good luck. > Lou Months rent...same here ;-) I have a SanDisk reader as well. Are you saying you plug the card in the SanDisk reader and *then* boot? It won't work "on-the-fly"? -- Cheers, Trey --- There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has not yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day. - Friedrich Nietzsche 1:11PM up 4 days, 15:48, 0 users, load averages: 0.04, 0.06, 0.06 FreeBSD salamander.thesizemores.net 5.3-RELEASE i386
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