Digital cams & Linux

[Brian Chee]

My partner's in crime (co-Principal Investigators on a research grant) does
this....CF cards and memory sticks are supported as removable media under
linux. Not sure what the device name is, but I'm sure I can find out....

/brian chee

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney K" <pepe65 at hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at maile.hi.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 6:21 PM
Subject: [luau] Re: Digital cams & Linux


> > btw, My own camera uses CompactFlash cards (instead of MemorySticks). I
have
> > a CF adapter that plugs into a USB slot, so to get my pictures, I eject
the
> > card from the camera, plug it into the adapter, *mount* it (/dev/sda1)
to my
> > filesystem (/mnt/pix ;-), and copy the pictures to wherever I want them.
> > Downloading pictures this way is really fast and easy, if it'll work
with
> > your system.
> >
> exactly how did you do this, i'd like to try it, but have no clue as to
> how to do it. I think i may be possible because when the camera is
> hooked up in windows, the memeory stick (in the camera) is seen as a
> removeable disk, you think it could work similarly in linux if i were to
> *mount* it?
>
> Rodney
>
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