usb devices

[dbrett at tcn.net]

I have used different versions for a while now and was happy with the way
things worked  out.  Lately things have been getting frustrating.  Some of
it is not the fault of the software, too hard to keep up. i.e. my laptop
barely works on Linux.  So I wait for the drivers to come out.  

This one is more than frustrating, could be the hour and brain not
working.  I had to reinstall the os because the hard drive crashed.  I
decided to upgrade.  I plugged in my usb pen drive to copy so files back
on the system.  I cannot find the usb drive.  On older versions I would
look in "/var/log/messages" to see where the system saw it and mount it
manually.  Newer systems would mount it for me.  Now the systems sees it
correctly, but I can't find it and I have no idea where the system sees
it.

This is what is in the log.


Nov 25 22:58:14 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod
0x781/0x5150) is not claimed by any active driver.
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for
USB product 781/5150/10
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
Storage devices
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost kernel: Starting timer : 0 0
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost kernel:   Vendor: SanDisk   Model: Cruzer Mini
Rev: 0.1
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost kernel: Starting timer : 0 0
Nov 25 22:58:17 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Nov 25 22:58:18 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted

Ok what do I have to do to get it access to it?

david