Group, I got this "new" usb mass storage device with a high capacity: 2.2 gb but sadly could not mount it. Similar situation as with Basil's post. Here is the log: Mar 21 16:28:52 grande kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.3-2, assigned address 2 Mar 21 16:28:52 grande kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xea0/0x2118) is not claimed by any active driver. Mar 21 16:28:56 grande kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Mar 21 16:28:56 grande kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage Mar 21 16:28:56 grande kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 21 16:28:56 grande kernel: Vendor: USB Model: Storage Device Rev: 2.00 Mar 21 16:28:56 grande kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Mar 21 16:28:56 grande kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Mar 21 16:28:58 grande kernel: SCSI device sda: 4161315 512-byte hdwr sectors (2131 MB) Mar 21 16:28:58 grande kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Mar 21 16:28:58 grande insmod: Using /lib/modules/2.4.21-192-athlon/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o Mar 21 16:28:58 grande insmod: Symbol version prefix '' Mar 21 16:28:58 grande kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 sda4 Mar 21 16:28:58 grande kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured Mar 21 16:28:58 grande kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 2 Mar 21 16:28:58 grande kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
later in the messages:
Mar 21 16:33:26 grande kernel: Device 08:01 not ready. Mar 21 16:33:26 grande kernel: I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 0 Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Mar 21 16:33:27 grande kernel: unable to read partition table Mar 21 16:33:30 grande kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. I guess there is some recognition by the kernel but later there is some mistake when mounting. Any suggestions? Thanks Felipe.