[GLLUG] USB Flash Drive connectivity

[Brian Hoort]

Greetings group,

I have purchased a Lexar USB "ThumbDrive".  I have tried to connect to it 
on my new Debian box running 2.4.18-1 without success.  modprobe 
usb-storage (I think that's what it's called, I type from memory) succeeds, 
but I can attempt to mount /dev/sda1 through /dev/sdb15 without a hit.  On 
my previous Linux box this was all I had to do to mount my digicam, and I 
believe there is no difference here.  I just taking stabs here, but I 
wonder if the USB system is initialized/loaded etc.  I don't hear anything 
or get a light acknowledgement when I plug it in.  Any ideas?  What am I 
missing?

TIA


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Brian Hoort

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