Re: SD Card not being seen
Alan Chandler wrote:
I am running Debian Sid, and have a USB multicard reader installed in my
PC. I know the card reader is seen, lsusb lists it
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Hi-Speed 21-in-1
Flash Card Reader/Writer (Internal/External)
And /dev is populated with /dev/sdc,/dev/sdd, /dev/sde and /dev/sdf
which appear to be the four different card slots on this unit. (I
presume it is acting as a hub, because when I plug a usb thumb stick on
the usb port on it, it adds another device /dev/sdg)
I know the SD card I have is formated with vfat, since I can see it on a
Sheeva plug computer that I have. However, I cannot detect it when
installed in the card reader on my Debian Sid PC.
When I plug the SD card in, the reader shows an orange light, showing
its detected something, but (for instance) running fdisk -l does not
show it, and I cannot see any devices appearing in /dev (such as
/dev/sd[cdef]1) to indicated the card is seen.
Am I missing something, like a modprobe that is needed? or is it likely
that the hardware doesn't work (I have never used it before, despite
being several years old).
I've just been through this on Ubuntu, Googling around and seeing people
being recommended to look up the device name in dmesg, create a mount
point and then manually mount it...
That's fine on a server, where you want a lean, highly tuned machine
with minimum crud, but when I plug a USB stick/drive into a desktop or
laptop, I want it mounted for me. NOW.
The missing link is usbmount.
--
Joe
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