USB ZIP drive "not a block device" error

[Bernard mentink]

Hi,
 
I'm having a problem connecting to my USb ZIP100 drive. I get the error 
message "not a block device"
please see dump below from /var/log/messages
 
Does this mean I am missing kernel support ( I am running the latest 
YLD2.3). I seem to have the usb-storage module loaded.
I do modprobe usb-storage and it shows with insmod.
 
Any help appreciated.
 
Cheers,
Bernie Mentink
 
Sep 30 16:54:13 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for 
USB product 59b/1/100
Sep 30 16:54:13 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: missing kernel or user 
mode driver usb-storage
Sep 30 16:54:13 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
block-major-2
Sep 30 16:54:13 localhost last message repeated 3 times
Sep 30 16:54:14 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt
Sep 30 16:54:22 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt
Sep 30 16:54:42 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt
Sep 30 16:54:49 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt
Sep 30 16:55:10 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt
Sep 30 16:55:17 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt
Sep 30 16:55:28 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 5
Sep 30 16:55:37 localhost kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on 
bus1/1, assigned device number 6
Sep 30 16:55:37 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for 
USB product 59b/1/100
Sep 30 16:55:37 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: missing kernel or user 
mode driver usb-storage
Sep 30 16:55:37 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt
Sep 30 16:55:37 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
block-major-2
Sep 30 16:55:37 localhost last message repeated 3 times
Sep 30 16:55:44 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 10bt
Sep 30 16:56:05 localhost kernel: eth0: switching to forced 100bt