Ext hd trouble

[Christer <jeca@glocalnet.net>]

I got a maxtor onetouch allso I got a pretty new p4 comp and at third I 
got a real mystery.In fedora c3 or even in extix (exton knoppix) witch 
is based on debian like I have "sarge" it is no trouble at all to 
recognize my camera or mp3 player or then the maxtor usb drive,,,,it 
just pop up in /devices!!! no mounting no scripts nore a thing at 
all,,,,but not in my new installation with the 2.6 kernel or the 2.4 
even what is missing??? not hotplug cause I got that or fat support got 
that too