Hi Andro, Yes I tried and here is what I obtained with the usbkey plugged : Disque /dev/hda: 81.9 Go, 81964302336 octets 255 têtes, 63 secteurs/piste, 9964 cylindres Unités = cylindres de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 octets Périphérique Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/hda2 14 9710 77891152+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 9711 9964 2040255 82 Linux swap As you can notice (or can not!) there is no trace of the usb key... As this not the only machine with FC2 I'm using, I'd like not to recompile the kernel (will have to repeat the recompilation on each pc at each security upgrade...) thx Selon Andrey Andreev <andreev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > did you try fdisk -l as Alexander suggested? > > ysdg@xxxxxxx wrote: > > thx for your time Alexander. > > I had already done "tail -f /var/log/messages" before posting this request > : > > nothing appears when plugging or unplugging the usb key. Even if I reboot > the > > problem remains (the only error detection is : "modprobe: FATAL: Error > running > > install command for sound_slot_1" ; hence nothing concerning usbdevice) > > My kernel is 2.6.8-1.521 ; I read a guy having the same problem with the > same > > motherboard ASUS P4P800 recompile his kernel to make it works.... As I've > never > > done it, I'm bit reluctant... > > Do you still have wise advice to give me ? > > THX > > > ... > >>>updated everything. With FC1, I was used to mount my usbkeys with the > >> > >>following > >> > >>>command : > >>>mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable > >> > >>The partition hasn't hardly changed. So it will still be sda1. > >> > >> > >>>It doesn't work anymore... I used many other mounting point such as sda > >> > >>sda2 > >> > >>>sda3... sdb sdb1 ... but nothing worked. > ... > > Recent 2.6 kernels "renamed" the devices on some sata controllers as > /dev/sd? so, as your mobo has 2 sata ports, probably sda and sdb would > go to them, leaving the usbkey to sdc or something. See fdisk -l anyway. > > //Andro > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >