>> I am running Mandrake 8.1 -- kernel 2.4.8-26mdk 
>> 
>> uname shows this: 
>> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.8-26mdk #1 Tue Mar 5 11:59 EST 2002 i686
>unknown 

>I would suggest upgrading your kernel.  The 2.4.8 kernel is roughly 2 years
>old, and I believe many things related to USB were fixed between that
>version and the current version (2.4.21).

I second the suggestion to upgrade your kernel.  I could only mount my
digital camera via the /dev/scsi/host0/bus0... until I upgraded from
2.4.20 to 2.4.21.  I couldn't even get it to work at all on 2.4.18.  If
you look at the changelogs between 2.4.8 and 2.4.21 you'll see a
multitude of usb-storage enhancements and bug fixes.

Regards,

Karl