Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card
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Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:29:28 +0700, Ken Heard wrote:
>
>> I have a Lenovo R61 laptop which has a built-in SD card slot. The
>> operating system is Lenny.
>>
>> Ever since I bought this laptop in May 2008 I have been able to mount in
>> it SDHC cards from my Canon 60D digital camera. The relevant line in
>> fstab is and has always been:
>>
>> /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/sd vfat user,noauto,noatime 0 0
>
> If you're using a DE, I would let it to mount external devices
> automatically, that is, by commenting (#) the above line in /etc/fstab.
> Then, as soon as you attache the card it should be recognized, detected
> and mounted under /media.
I did as you suggested -- commented out that line in fstab -- and
inserted the card. It was not recognized, detected or mounted under
media. The DE I am using is KDE 3.5.10.
>> Within the last three hours however -- through no conscious intervention
>> on my part -- I have been unable to mount an SDHC card installed in this
>> slot. The command "mount sd" returns the following:
>>
>> mount: special device /dev/mmcblk0p1 does not exist
>
> And it may be true. Run "/sbin/blkid".
It is true; I had already discovered that that device does not now
exist, although it must have existed more than three hours ago.
>> I will consequently be grateful for advice to help me find out what is
>> wrong and how to fix it.
>
> Open a terminal, run "dmesg | tail" and then insert the card to see
> what's going on.
I ran that "dmesg|tail" both before and after installing the SDHC card
On all occasions that command reported nothing.
Ken
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