Changing cards in a reader (next step??)

[hoe-waa at hawaii.rr.com]

From: David Kelly <dkelly at HiWAAY.net>
Date: Monday, July 26, 2004 7:47 am


> 
> On Jul 26, 2004, at 12:26 PM, hoe-waa at hawaii.rr.com wrote:
> 
> > I have followed all suggestions and responded with the output of 
> my 
> > attemps. The problem remains unresolved. I have also requested that
> > if anyone has this working *properly* to respond but no one did.
> 
> Why not install /usr/ports/emulators/mtools/ and configure "O:" 
> drive 
> ("O" for Olympus) as /dev/da2s1 ?
> 
Aloha and thanks for responding. I hadn't tried mtools so I did as you
reccommended. The results were less than satisfactory. The problem is
when I am changing to a different size card. 

I start with a 128MB SmartMedia card in the reader.

hp# mdir O:/dcim/100olymp
 Volume in drive O has no label
Directory for O:/dcim/100olymp

.            <DIR>     05-30-2004  15:59
..           <DIR>     05-30-2004  15:59
p6050002 jpg    672166 06-05-2004   7:19
p6050003 jpg    677171 06-05-2004   7:19
p6050004 jpg    684658 06-05-2004   7:23
p6050005 jpg    664210 06-05-2004   7:23
p6050006 jpg    663849 06-05-2004   7:24
p6050009 jpg    689533 06-05-2004   7:37
p6050010 jpg    697084 06-05-2004   7:37
p6050011 jpg    691391 06-05-2004   7:59
p6050012 jpg    695390 06-05-2004   7:59
p1010074 jpg    680523 01-01-2000   0:00
       12 files           6 815 975 bytes
                        124 059 648 bytes free

Then I remove it and place a 8MB SM card in the reader.

hp# mdir O:/dcim/100olymp
init O: non DOS media
Cannot initialize 'O:'

If I unplug and replug the USB cable

hp# mdir O:/dcim/100olymp
 Volume in drive O has no label
Directory for O:/dcim/100olymp

.            <DIR>     06-26-2004  14:24
..           <DIR>     06-26-2004  14:24
p7120001 jpg    694158 07-12-2004  18:27
        3 files             694 158 bytes
                          7 446 528 bytes free

The display is different using mtools but the results are the
same.

Thanks again for the help. I hope you have another idea or two.

Robert