card reader

[norman]

> > < snip >

> Hmmm. That's not a good sign.
> 
> The other, perhaps slightly simpler, way to see what the kernel is
> detecting is to open a Terminal (Applications|Accessories|Terminal)
> and type
> 
> tail -f /var/log/kern.log
> 
> Then try inserting your storage card. Here's what mine says when I do it:
> 
> Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.166594] SCSI device sdd:
> 499712 512-byte hdwr sectors (256 MB)
> Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.169591] sdd: Write Protect is off
> Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.169594] sdd: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 08
> Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.169595] sdd: assuming drive
> cache: write through
> Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.169598]  sdd: sdd1

I did as you suggest, nothing at all, dead as a dodo. It looks like
throw it away and start again.

Norman