On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > Tom Diehl wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Does anyone know the magic incantation that I need to put into > > /etc/modules.conf to get the usb-storage to load automagically > > when I plug it in? If I do modprobe usb-storage it gets detected > > as sda. I just cannot seem to get it to load automatically. > > hotplug should automatically probe the USB devices. Look at > /var/log/messages and see if hotplug doesn't recognize the drive. If > not, you may need to add it to /etc/hotplug/usb.distmap. Hummmm, interestingly enough I did not have that file. A simple "yum install hotplug" seems to have fixed it though. Thanks for the hint, ...........Tom