Hi This is a follow-up to my previous postings re problems mounting a couple of USB devices on Suse 9.1: an MP3 player / memory stick and a camera. I've done some more digging around and have found some interesting things out about the MP3 player. According to Suse 9.0, the MP3 "disk" is partitioned as follows: /dev/sda 61.9MB 0 1006 /dev/sda1 60.4MB 0 982 The sda1 partition is reported to be FAT12. I have read that the 2.6 kernel has improved support for FAT12, but I cannot help wondering whether this is the problem? Mind you, as the camera is FAT16, this is probably a red herring. Also odd is that the MP3 player is supposedly 65MB (so the messages say when I plugged it in) - I presume the extra 4 or 5 MB is where the MP3 player software sits. But does linux 2.6 realise that? There are interesting messages when the device is plugged in: linux /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[6816]: need a device for this command linux kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 3 linux kernel: usb 1-1: Product: NOMAD MuVo linux kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Creative Tech linux kernel: usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 000000000000 linux kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices linux kernel: Vendor: CREATIVE Model: NOMAD_MUVO Rev: 0001 linux kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 linux /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[6929]: need a device for this command linux kernel: SCSI device sda: 126977 512-byte hdwr sectors (65 MB) linux kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled linux kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through linux kernel: sda:end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 126976 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 126976 linux /etc/hotplug/block.agent[6994]: new block device /block/sda Linux seems to be trying to doing something with sector 126976, which seems to be somewhere up by 65MB, ie beyond what Suse 9.0 is saying is written in the partition table. But again, the camera is different: the log has no errors in it when I plug the camera in. So again this may be a red herring. Do these observations suggest any causes / solutions to anyone? Thanks Steve Dundee, UK