[PLUG] usb access

[Kenneth G. Stephens]

On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 15:39 -0700, Michael D. Harris wrote:
> Sorry, I should have been more clear:
> 
>    An MMC is a multimedia memory card.  I have a card reader plugged
> into a USB port.  I am running Debian Sarge.  Thanks for any help.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 15:12 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > On Sun, 8 May 2005, Michael D. Harris wrote:
> > 
> > >   In my continuing endeavor to get away from windoze, my next area of
> > > interest is to access an MMC card in a USB card reader. I have no idea how
> > > to access it, and I would like to be able to read and write to it.
> > 
> > >   Where do I start?
> > 
> > Mike,
> > 
> >    I've no idea what MMC is or does. However, a google search for "+mmc +usb
> > +linux" returned 516,000 hits. Among the topmost ones was this:
> > <http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/224131/tekram-dc-390u4b-dc-390u4w-driver-1.03-linux-free-download.html>
> > 
> >    Perhaps it is useful. Or, a beginning.
> > 
> > Rich
> > 
issue dmesg
See what the system recognized the memory card as.  Mine usually assigns
sdc to the device, because I already have two SCSI drives.  I have seen
some systems mount MMC cards as IDE devices (hd[a-z] depending on how
many IDE devices you have already.)