Accessing the Lexar Media JumpShot USB CompactFlash Card Reader
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One thing that bugged me about Linux was the inability to use the USB CompactFlash card reader that was bundled with my Epson PhotoPC 650 digital camera. Now I can! I figured this out one day just by messing around, and here it is for anyone who has a JumpShot adaptor.

Plug in your Lexar Media USB reader.

Open a console and switch to root using the su command.

Now make a directory in the /mnt directory called lexar. Do this by typing in mkdir /mnt/lexar followed by pressing Enter.

From this console, type in kedit /etc/fstab and press Enter. This will open up your fstab in Kedit.

Add the following line to the end of the fstab file:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/lexar vfat noauto,user 0 0

Save your changes and close Kedit.

Restart your computer.

Now you can right-click on the KDE desktop, click on Create New then on Hard Disc.... This will open a dialog box. You can chose a pretty icon for your CompactFlash reader if you like.

Here is my example:
Icon Properties
In the name field, put in Lexar Media, or whatever you like.


Now click on the Device tab. Choose the /dev/sda1 entry from the device listing.


Device Properties
Clicking on this will automatically fill in the mount folder as set in your fstab file.


Now click OK and you are all set to go!

Right-click on the new icon on your desktop and Mount the reader.
Right-Click Menu
Alternately, you can simply click on the icon to automatically mount it and open it in Konqueror.


Now you can see the mounted icon:
Mounted Icon
Click it to open up your CompactFlash card.


You can now access your pictures and files on the card!
Card Contents


Feel free to inform Lexar Media of your success using an unsupported operating system.


© D. Olson 2001-2003 -- Originally found on The Mandrake eXPerience