On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 09:45:53PM +0900, Dave Gutteridge enlightened us:
You might also try running the dmesg command after plugging an SD card in to see if it is recognized by the system at all.
This is the result of dmesg:
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using address 7 scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Vendor: BUFFALO Model: CF CARD Reader Rev: 3.06 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 USB Mass Storage device found at 7 Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
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Looks like that's the root of your problem. Why that's the case, I'm not sure. I don't have any external readers like that, so perhaps someone else with a little more experience with them can point you in the right direction. Googling the error might help as well.
Matt