Linux mount and access a compact flash card - howto

To mount and access a compact flash (CF) card in Linux, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Connect the CF card to your Linux system using a CF card reader or a device that supports CF cards, such as a digital camera or a printer.

2. Check if the CF card is detected by your system by using the dmesg command. This command displays system messages, including messages related to device detection:

$ dmesg | tail

This will display the last few system messages. Look for a message that indicates that the CF card has been detected, such as "sdc: sdc1 sdc2 sdc3 sdc4", where sdc is the device file for the CF card.

3. Create a mount point for the CF card. A mount point is a directory where the CF card will be mounted. For example, you can create a mount point at /mnt/cf_card:

$ mkdir -p /mnt/cf_card

4. Use the mount command to mount the CF card at the mount point:

$ mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/cf_card

Replace /dev/sdc1 with the device file for the CF card that you identified in step 2, and /mnt/cf_card with the mount point that you created.

This will mount the CF card at the specified mount point.

To verify that the CF card has been mounted successfully, you can use the df command to display the mounted filesystems:

$ df -h

This will display a list of the mounted filesystems, including the CF card that you just mounted.

You can then access the CF card by navigating to the mount point using the cd command:

$ cd