USB2 memory stick failing to mount

[Robin Laing]

James McKenzie wrote:
> Peter Lawler wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>> I've googled and check the archives a little, but found not much of use.
>>
>> I can't get my USB2 memory stick to mount. This is about the only 
>> useful kind of info I can get out of dmesg.
>>
>> usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
>> usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
>> usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
>> usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
>> usb 2-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
>>
>> My system is 2.6.10-1.741_FC3smp Pentium 4. Any thoughts/comments 
>> appreciated.
> 
> Pete:
> 
> You are attempting to mount a USB 2 device on a USB 1.1 connection.  If 
> you are trying to use it on a USB 2 connection, try
> modprobe ehci-hcd as root.
> If you cannot get ehci-hcd to work, then try to log it at 
> bugzilla.redhat.com

What kind of stick?

One of the people I work with has a stick that I cannot mount.  It 
needs a different filesystem (from the manufacturers WWW site) before 
it can be used in Linux.

-- 
Robin Laing