Mount cardreader

[coolbreeze]

It's an external reader and new, 4 days ago.

I've tried it in ALL the ports (6) to no avail.

Could it be that the Harddrive a PATA is being seen as a SATA (sda) interfere?

[Was_Just19]

It's an external reader and new, 4 days ago.

I've tried it in ALL the ports (6) to no avail.

Could it be that the Harddrive a PATA is being seen as a SATA (sda) interfere?

I don't believe it is related to your HDD, no.

There are lots of reports of this unit failing to work on different distros.

I have one in my present Dell desktop .....  from which I got the info posted ......  except it is internal.

I have just had a very weird experience with it .......  I plugged in another USB hub and checked with  lsusb   and all was well. When I unplugged the hub and tried lsusb again, bot the hub and the Alcor had disappeared!

Nevertheless inserting an MMC card (32MB only) into the device allowed me to view (FAT 16) and mount it.

Do you have a different card to the one you are presently trying to use?
Maybe a different type or one of much smaller size?

Has the card worked at all since you got it 4 days ago?

You are sure you are plugging the device into a USB 2 port?

In your position, taking cognisance of the multitude of problems reported, I would be inclined to return it for something similar from a different manufacturer .......  if that was at all possible.

 
  Unless someone wants to send me a 1GB card I have no way to test whether it would work here or not. 

You could try this just to be sure you have the drivers installed ....

lsmod | grep _hcd

My output is as follows

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[root@Dell user]# lsmod | grep _hcd
uhci_hcd               16669  0
ohci_hcd               17412  0
ehci_hcd               27409  0
usbcore               121266  15 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,rt2500usb,rt73usb,rt2x00usb,usb_storage,em28xx_dvb,em28xx_alsa,em28xx,wacom,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid
The four drivers on the left are the important ones.

That is about all I can think of at the moment ..... 

regards.

[coolbreeze]

It's an external reader and new, 4 days ago.

I've tried it in ALL the ports (6) to no avail.

Could it be that the Harddrive a PATA is being seen as a SATA (sda) interfere?

I don't believe it is related to your HDD, no.  I didn't think so, but had to ask anyway.

There are lots of reports of this unit failing to work on different distros.That don't sound good.

I have one in my present Dell desktop .....  from which I got the info posted ......  except it is internal.

I have just had a very weird experience with it .......  I plugged in another USB hub and checked with  lsusb   and all was well. When I unplugged the hub and tried lsusb again, bot the hub and the Alcor had disappeared! Same trick here.

Nevertheless inserting an MMC card (32MB only) into the device allowed me to view (FAT 16) and mount it. At least you got something. 

Do you have a different card to the one you are presently trying to use? No, but a mate is having a look for his.
Maybe a different type or one of much smaller size?

Has the card worked at all since you got it 4 days ago? No

You are sure you are plugging the device into a USB 2 port? Yes

In your position, taking cognisance of the multitude of problems reported, I would be inclined to return it for something similar from a different manufacturer .......  if that was at all possible.

 
  Unless someone wants to send me a 1GB card I have no way to test whether it would work here or not.  Hinting 

You could try this just to be sure you have the drivers installed ....

lsmod | grep _hcd

My output is as follows

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[root@Dell user]# lsmod | grep _hcd
uhci_hcd               16669  0
ohci_hcd               17412  0
ehci_hcd               27409  0
usbcore               121266  15 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,rt2500usb,rt73usb,rt2x00usb,usb_storage,em28xx_dvb,em28xx_alsa,em28xx,wacom,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid
The four drivers on the left are the important ones.

That is about all I can think of at the moment ..... 

regards.

[root@localhost micheal]# lsmod | grep _hcd
uhci_hcd               16806  0
ohci_hcd               17668  0
ehci_hcd               27927  0
usbcore               124336  9 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usb_storage,wacom,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid
[root@localhost micheal]#

[Was_Just19]

The spec on that flash card might be worth looking at .......  I have heard of reports of difficulties with some of the newer cards ......  but have no personal experience.

It will be interesting to see if a smaller/older type card is accessible as seems to be the case here .....  I will eagerly await a donation of a new card to check.   

You seem to have the same drivers installled as I do, so your results might be similar with your friend's card.

Let us know what happens.   

[coolbreeze]

The spec on that flash card might be worth looking at .......  I have heard of reports of difficulties with some of the newer cards ......  but have no personal experience.

It will be interesting to see if a smaller/older type card is accessible as seems to be the case here .....  I will eagerly await a donation of a new card to check.   

You seem to have the same drivers installled as I do, so your results might be similar with your friend's card.

Let us know what happens.   

Will do as soon as they show up, and Thank You for your help.