[OSM-talk] NaviGPS... help! :-)

Tom Hughes tom at compton.nu
Sun Oct 14 23:06:46 BST 2007


In message <200710142136.48304.openstreetmap at ostertag.name>
          Joerg Ostertag <openstreetmap at ostertag.name> wrote:

> Am Sonntag, 14. Oktober 2007 09:27:44 schrieb Nick Whitelegg:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Borrowed some of the Navi GPS units for the Winchester weekend but having
> > big trouble getting Linux, Windows and Mac boxes to recognise them. Seems
> > the only way is to get drivers for them (which at a guess means Linux may
> > be out).... is that correct?
> 
> If you formated the SD Cards with the NaviGPS then you'll have to mount the
> raw device and not a partition. Something like:
> 	mount /dev/sda /mnt -tvfat

I formatted mine in the Navi and I don't need to do any of that - it
automounts just fine as /dev/sda1. The partition table is wierd and
generates all sorts of warnings in fdisk though.

Tom

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