Re: HOW-TO get a USB mass storage device to work under Debian
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 at 21:36 GMT, Jonathan Melhuish penned:
> I Googled for some time and looked in the list archives, etc., but could
> find nothing relevant on installing my digital camera under Debian, so I
> got bored and tried typing:
>
> apt-get install hotplug
> apt-get install usbutils
> mkdir /camera
> mount /dev/sda1 /camera
>
> At which point, it worked! I suppose I should mention I am using a
> stock "Linux debian 2.4.22-1-686" kernel, your mileage may vary with
> older kernels.
Awesome!
> Which was all reasonably nice and straightforward, so I thought it was a
> shame I could find any instructions that suggested it. It was even
> easier under Mandrake, I just stuck it in and it appeared on the
> desktop; I guess it would be kinda nice if Debian did that, too.
What is this desktop of which you speak?
Er, seriously, now. Which window manager? I suppose it's possible that
this is a wm issue rather than a debian/mandrake issue?
--
monique
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