Re: Assessing USB Mass Storage devices

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Thomas Dodd wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> Save all the pictures first.
> Back up the device with 'dd if=/dev/sda of=camara.img'
> You can always look through the image with and editor.
> Or write it back to the camera (swap if/of in dd command)
> To restore the previous state.
> 
> In windows try fdisk on the device.
> and look for clues.
> 
> Try 'mkfs.vfat /dev/sda' and see it you can

Do _NOT_ write to the camera untill you know what you are doing.

You _can_ work on the backup file you took (or a copy of that).

y

-- 


Cheers
John.

Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment.
Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at 
http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb