My usb disk is notdetected in Slackware 10.2 kernel 2.4.

I tried to mount it manually:

# mkdir /media/usb

# mount /dev/sda1 /media/usb
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

# mount /dev/sda0 /media/usb
mount: special device /dev/sda0 does not exist

# mount /dev/sda /media/usb
mount: /dev/sda is not a valid block device

Read this thread, may be it can help.

-W

<*> Support for USB
[ ] USB verbose debug messages
--- Miscellaneous USB options[*] USB device filesystem
[ ] Enforce USB bandwidth allocation (EXPERIMENTAL)[*] Dynamic USB minor allocation (EXPERIMENTAL)
--- USB Host Controller Drivers
<*> EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
<*> OHCI HCD support
<*> UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support
--- USB Device Class drivers
<M> USB Audio support
< > USB Bluetooth TTY support
< > USB MIDI support
< > USB Modem (CDC ACM) support
<*> USB Printer support
<*> USB Mass Storage support
[ ] USB Mass Storage verbose debug

is how mine looks atm - and my usb key is seen by slack 10.2 (although i am using 2.6 kernel) shouldnt be too different for 2.4 kernel

<*> OHCI HCD support - u may or may not need this one - same systems do

Five step plan:

(1) - Unplug your USB stick.
(2) - Plug in your USB stick.
(3) - Wait 30 seconds.
(4) - Issue "dmesg | tail"
(5) - Post the output in this thread.

~$ dmesg | tail
IPX Portions Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Conectiva, Inc.
NET4: AppleTalk 0.18a for Linux NET4.0
hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-6, assigned address 2
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=2 (error=-71)
hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-6, assigned address 3
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-71)
hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-5, assigned address 4
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=4 (error=-71)
hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-5, assigned address 5
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=5 (error=-71)