>> There's no new entries in /dev/ that indicate the system has found a new
>> device.
>
> What's in /proc/partitions ?
major minor #blocks name
8 0 292968750 sda
8 1 40131 sda1
8 2 4200997 sda2
8 3 200812 sda3
8 4 1 sda4
8 5 288519336 sda5
8 16 292968750 sdb
8 17 292961308 sdb1
8 32 292968750 sdc
8 33 292961308 sdc1
8 48 292968750 sdd
8 49 292961308 sdd1
253 0 8388608 dm-0
253 1 1073741824 dm-1
253 2 8388608 dm-2
253 3 33554432 dm-3
253 4 34734080 dm-4
253 5 2097152 dm-5
sda-d are fixed hdds and I'm expecting the usb drive to get sde.
To answer Richards question; yes the kernel has usb stuff compiled in.
I've got a usb keyboard and mouse working fine and it hasn't been
updated/upgraded or rebooted since I last successfully used the drive with
this machine.
I really hope it's not a dead drive :-(
--
Graeme Hilton
