[ltp] how to read a "flash card"

Rob Mayoff linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
16 Sep 2003 19:30:52 -0500


+---------- On Sep 16, Dan Sawyer said:
| I have a flash card in a pci adaptor.

Do you mean a PCMCIA adaptor?

| It seems to be /dev/ptmx.

I doubt that.  /dev/ptmx is the pseudo-terminal multiplexer.

| Does anyone know how to read this card??

If it's a PCMCIA adaptor, it's possible that the device shows up as an
IDE hard drive containing a FAT filesystem. Try "dmesg | tail" after
plugging in the card. Look for a device name like "hde".