On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:44:35 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > This just means the filesystem is on the whole disk, it is not > > partitioned. > > thats what I presumed, but 1) I can't `mount /dev/sda /mnt/tmp`; and 2) > in windows I see 4 drives (3 card reader slots, and the internal hd), > not one - how can I get 4 drives from /dev/sda? You wouldn't, they are separate drives, so they'd be sda, sdb... What does tail-f /var/log/messages show while you plug in the device? -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 47: Act naturally