lament about freebsd sacrifices

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Wednesday 14 April 2004 03:33 pm, brian-freebsd-001 at clapper.org wrote:
> On 14 April, 2004, at 14:55 (-0500)
>
> Andrew L. Gould <algould at datawok.com> wrote:
> > > > * digital cameras
> >
> > I use Sony Cybershot DSC-P92:
> > 1. Plug camera into computer using usb, check dmesg for umass device and
> > mount memory card file system; or....
>
> Even better, have usbd do it for you. Add this line to /etc/usbd.conf:
>
>         # Sony Digital Camera
>         device "Digital Camera"
>                 vendor 0x054c
>                 product 0x0010
>                 release 0x0450
>                 attach "sleep 2; /sbin/mount /mnt/camera"
>                 detach "/sbin/umount /mnt/camera"
>
> Then, add the following to /etc/fstab:
>
>         /dev/da0s1        /mnt/camera     msdos   ro,noauto       0       0
>
> I have the same camera. The above works great for me, on FreeBSD 4.7. Plug
> the USB cable into the camera, turn the camera on, and a few seconds later,
> the memory stick is mounted on your FreeBSD system. I've been using the
> above configuration for about 9 months now, with no difficulty at all.
>
> Obviously, YMMV, depending on the camera you have.
>
> Brian Clapper, http://www.clapper.org/bmc/
> Failing to get them to do it your way might mean they're stupid, but it
> also means you failed to get them to do it your way.
>         -- Cal Keegan

Thanks!

Andrew Gould