JC> After upgrading to 2.6.9-rc1 usb storage devices are shown as uda devices, JC> which cannot be accessed thru the /dev/sd* scsi layer. Disable the new USB storage driver under block devices. This driver is named ub, real driver is named usb-storage, ub is loaded since it is first in alphabetical order. For me the ub driver didn't work at all and switching back to usb-storage helped. -- Meelis Roos