As the USB question has arisen I thought I might try thing one again. I've got a USB 2.5" HD enclosure with a 3 GB disk in it cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0 shows [root@leyton scsi]# cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0 Host scsi0: usb-storage Vendor: Genesyslogic Product: USB Mass Storage Serial Number: None Protocol: Transparent SCSI Transport: Bulk GUID: 05e307020000000000000000 Attached: Yes cat /proc/scsi/scsi shows only the CD writer /var/log/messages shows Dec 18 10:56:17 leyton kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.0-1, assigned address 14 Dec 18 10:56:21 leyton kernel: usb.c: USB device 14 (vend/prod 0x5e3/0x702) is not claimed by any active driver. Dec 18 10:56:24 leyton kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Dec 18 10:56:24 leyton kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage Dec 18 10:56:24 leyton kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 18 10:56:24 leyton kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Dec 18 10:56:27 leyton devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted the problem is that I cannot mount the drive any ideas Jeff -- Jeff Allison <jeff.allison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>