Okay, I used to run Redhat 7.3, and I used to let the computer partition my harddrive for me. I just installed Slackware 8.1, and I partitioned my harddrive like so:
hda1= boot partition
hda2= root partition
hda3= swap space
hda4= /usr/local/home

I have an Archos Jukebox Recorder20 (a 20 gigabyte usb harddrive with an mp3 player). I used to access this from Redhat with the following command:
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/archos (where archos is a directory I created for it)

My question is how do I access my archos now? When I type the above I get that it isn't a valid block device - obviously since I didn't partition it. Do I have to make a sda partition in order to access the device, or is there a simpler means to get to it? I did a search on this, but I couldn't get an answer. I don't want to add another partition if I don't have to. Thanks.

You'll need to load the appropriate kernel modules. I would guess that the usb core, usb ohci/uhci and usb mass storage, and possibly a couple of others...

Thymox,

thanks for your help. I compiled a new kernel and included all the appropriate drivers. All is well now, Thanks.

You probably needn't have re-compiled your kernel to do so, but it's good for you anyway Glad to hear it's all good.