I would suggest moving to a 2.6 kernel, why not 2.6.9 for example, and make sure you load the scsi_mod modules: sg, ide_scsi, sd_mod, usb_storage. Check with lsmod.
Alex. Le jeudi 9 DÃcembre 2004 10:05, çå a ÃcritÂ: > Dear debianers, > > I've a Debian3.0 r2 installed. > I updated my kernel to 2.4.18. > Each time I want to mount my usb mass storage device. > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb > I always get the error code "not a valid block device". > Read from some maillist that I should install the sd_mod module. > Once again, I compiled the kernel again. > I can see the sd_mod.o file. > But still I can't load the module. > Would someone be kind enough to give some hints? > > Thanks in advance. > > Sincerely, > Kun

