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frank.wagner is offline frank.wagner
05-15-2007 , 05:17 AM
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Hi,

my first Step is running:

Nokia N770 // N800 and Asus WL-HDD with maemoFTP

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ead.php?t=6147

and the second Step is not solved yet

The Goal:

With the Nokia N770 // N800 i will read the Compact Flash Card (USB-Connect) and then will copy the Photo Files with maemoFTP to the Asus WL-HDD


Any ideas - we can i solve that ?????

Thanks for your Help and Feedback

Frank

so I could save 150 €
Last edited by frank.wagner; 05-15-2007 at 05:20 AM.
 
Rider is offline Rider
05-15-2007 , 05:35 AM
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I don't think it is possible to use an external card reader with the Nokias. These card readers need USB-power (and N800 doesn't provide it) and also you need to be able to mount an USB/msdos filesystem.
 
convulted is offline convulted
05-15-2007 , 09:39 AM
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With the 770 yes, you probably (99.9%+) can. Use a USB power injector (http://tabletblog.com/2006/01/usb-power-injector-2.html, for example), use flasher to enable USB host mode (from http://maemo.org/downloads/d3.php -- you need a Linux system to do this, I recommend the Damn Small Linux live CD). The instructions are here: http://maemo.org/community/wiki/easy...ost_hub_setup/ (read them with care).
Finally, connect the card reader, insert the card, and THEN mount the card reader on the 770 as you would under any other Linux:
Code:
gainroot
mkdir /home/user/CF
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /home/user/CF
These commands require X-Term (osso-xterm) and the gainroot script (becomeroot) and need to be executed in X-Term. After the first time, you only need to execute:
Code:
gainroot
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /home/user/CF
The card can then be browsed using the file manager / FTP client / ... (just look for the directory called CF on the left hand side). Before removing the card from the reader, or disconnecting the reader, open X-Term and execute:
Code:
gainroot
umount /home/user/CF
NB: Another way of enabling USB host mode is described here: http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...&highlight=usb (in one of the posts by fanoush). I never used this method though.

With the N800, host mode (currently) doesn't work, so no you cannot do any of this, sorry. On my 770, I have used the above method with USB pen drives (1GB and 4GB), a 40GB hard disk and a CD-ROM drive (no disc though) -- the last two with an IDE to USB convertor -- so it *should* work with anything you might care to throw at it, including a compact flash card reader.

HTH,
Dre

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Disclaimer: I am not responsible if you tablet becomes a banana, or for anything else that might happen.
Last edited by convulted; 05-15-2007 at 09:46 AM.
 
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