Thanks for the input. I must be on the right track here. > Did you also try /dev/sda1 as well? Yep. # mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/smart mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda, or too many mounted file systems The modules for the usb and scsi are installed. # lsmod |grep scsi ide-scsi 8212 0 scsi_mod 90372 5 [sg sd_mod usb-storage sr_mod ide-scsi] # lsmod |grep usb usb-storage 51952 0 scsi_mod 90372 5 [sg sd_mod usb-storage sr_mod ide-scsi] usb-ohci 18216 0 (unused) usbcore 58304 1 [usb-storage usb-ohci] Any other ideas are very welcome. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list