2003-08-23 13:36:00

by Patrick Börjesson

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Subject: Problem with memstick for Sony DSC-P9

I've got a Sony DSC-P9 digital camera and when trying to use Sony's own
memstick I can't mount it over USB. When using a Lexar memstick there's
no problem at all. The error-message I get from mount when trying to
mount the Sony stick is:
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
And when specifying vfat that the Lexar memstick uses I get a wrong
fs-type error instead.
Anyone know which filesystem I should use or is it a lost cause getting
the Sony memstick working?

Patrick B?rjesson

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2003-08-23 14:14:20

by Charles Lepple

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Subject: Re: Problem with memstick for Sony DSC-P9

Patrick B?rjesson wrote:

> I've got a Sony DSC-P9 digital camera and when trying to use Sony's own
> memstick I can't mount it over USB. When using a Lexar memstick there's
> no problem at all. The error-message I get from mount when trying to
> mount the Sony stick is:
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> And when specifying vfat that the Lexar memstick uses I get a wrong
> fs-type error instead.
> Anyone know which filesystem I should use or is it a lost cause getting
> the Sony memstick working?

You might try asking on one of the linux-usb lists:

http://www.linux-usb.org/mailing.html#users

What device name are you using? I vaguely recall a recent discussion
about using the whole device (e.g. sda) vs. specific partitions (sda1,
sda2).

-C


2003-08-23 17:00:10

by Dave Jones

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Subject: Re: Problem with memstick for Sony DSC-P9

On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 03:35:41PM +0200, Patrick B?rjesson wrote:
> I've got a Sony DSC-P9 digital camera and when trying to use Sony's own
> memstick I can't mount it over USB. When using a Lexar memstick there's
> no problem at all.

Is the sony stick one of the 'magicgate' ones ?
These have digital right manglement stuff on them which makes them
pretty much unusable afaik.

Dave

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