Mounting usb zip250

Am I the only one having problems with mounting a usb zip drive ? Trying to mount a usb zip drive on a 10.1 install. The drive shows up in Konqueror>media:/sde But if I try to open it I get this popup message Method "Mount" with signature "ssas" on interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" doesn't exist My external usb hard drive mounts as media:/sde but with the zip connected instead lshal does not show an sde I have 2 of these drives and they both fail to get mounted so it's not the drive. Clues please Dave