USB Drives on 64-bit RHEL 4

[Randall Barlow <randall_barlow ncsu edu>]

Hi, I am new to the list, so I apologize in advance if this has already 
been discussed.  I am running a special version of RHEL 4 for x86_64 
that is used at NC State University called the Realm Kit (it is 
basically a customized version of RHEL 4).  I have two USB drives that I 
would like to mount on my machine, but dmesg is telling me that the 
drives are not accepting the address that the machine is assigning 
them.  One of the drives is an Apple iPod (Fat32) and the other I 
haven't identified (also FAT32).  These drives do work on RHEL 4 32-bit 
(also Realm Kit) but do not work on the machine I would really like to 
use them on.

Another relevant piece of information - These drives used to work on 
this same machine only days before RHEL was installed under Gentoo 
Linux, so I am fairly certain that this is not a hardware issue.  The 
mouse and keyboard I use on this machine are also USB, so I know that 
the USB controller at least somewhat works.

Any ideas on what could be my problem?  Thanks!

--
Randy Barlow
Research Assistant
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
randall_barlow ncsu edu
http://www.electronsweatshop.com

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