1) If a module is correctly loaded, it won't tell you anything else, so that's fine.

2) The command works fine on my end? Try it just as:

mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/muvo
(See if you can get it working first before we start tacking on the extras, and make sure /mnt/muvo exists. Also, if that doesn't work, don't forget to subsitute 'a' for different letters from a to h)

When mounting as "mount -t vfat /dev/sdX /mnt/muvo" where X is b to h I get:

/dev/sdX is not a valid block device

If X is a then:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
or too many mounted file systems

It's really p****** me off by now........

I've just cranked up 2.4.26 now and played around, and I've managed to get it to mount there!

So, firstly: *don't* load the usb-storage module. If you have, 'modprobe -r usb-storage.' Hotplug (I think it's hotplug doing this?) loads the module automatically when you plug the Muvo in (to make sure hotplug is running, you should see hotplug mentioned on the boot up of Linux, if not then '/etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start'). If you load the module manually, it seems to get itself confused.

2) Type 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/muvo' (again, as I said, if you have other devices using the SCSI interface, the 'a' will be something else)

3) Hopefully, it should work. If not, then I'm at a loss as to what the problem is

Thanks man, you're awesome. I did the /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start, rebooted just in case and mounted as this mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/muvo. I have access to it now. One less item on my reasons-to-dualboot list. So, just to be on the safe side. Is there any thing I need to do in order to keep it this way? Or did the "/etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start" ensure this?
In windows I need to "eject" it in a proper way, is this the case with Slackware as well?
Is there any reason not to add it to the fstab?

1) To unplug the device, make sure you are not in the /mnt/muvo directory on any virtual terminal, then type 'umount /mnt/muvo'. This unmounts the Muvo's filesystem, and you can then safely unplug it. In Windows, ejecting the device (as opposed to the 'safely disconnect' option) actually charges it via USB, and the same functionality can apparently be replicated by passing the eject command "eject /dev/sda" (I have a perfectly good AC adaptor so I don't need to, but it's worth keeping in mind)

2) For adding it to the fstab, this is my entry:

/dev/muvo /mnt/muvo vfat noauto,users,rw,sync,dirsync 0 0

(Replace /dev/muvo with /dev/sda on your system)

noauto: stops it mounting at bootup if it's plugged in
users: Any user can mount and umount the device (as opposed to 'user', where a user can only mount it)
rw: Mounts the volume as readable and writable
sync: Synchronises all I/O operations. If you don't set this, then any operations you do on the Muvo, won't be carried out until you unmount the drive, which really isn't very helpful (e.g. deleting folders and adding new ones, then discovering the next day it hasn't...)
dirsync: Similiar to above. Not sure if it's needed if sync is alredy set, but better safe than sorry.

To mount it, you would just need to type 'mount /mnt/muvo'. If it gives any errors due to the options, try removing them and adding them back one by one to figure out the offending one.

Reasons not to add? If you have different USB/SCSI devices plugged in at the same time, the Muvo may not always be /dev/sda. (With udev on the 2.6 kernels you can get round this problem, but that's another story for another time, should you ever take the plunge to upgrade the kernel). Asides from that, it should work fine.

3) It looks like Hotplug is being started by default, so you don't need to issue 'hotplug start'

4) Try MuVOn for editing playlists on the Muvo2 in Linux (although I haven't tried it, as I tend to just choose an album directory on the Muvo2 and play everything in that.)

Well, so I have no other regular usb/scsi devices apart from the cd-rw but I'll keep it in mind.

I have been looking at it and might just use it if I succeed in making a package with checkinstall. Usually I play dir at a time as well.

I'll give it a go and report back if I mess up the fstab options. But for now, I truly appreciate your help, thanks. As for the rest of you who tried to figure this out, I appreciate your help as well, thanks to you too.