problems with USB flash drive

[Paul Higgins]

Hi,

I've been having some problems getting a USB flash drive recognized by my 
iBook.  I found this how-to on the subject:

<http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/usb-device.shtml> 

However, when I follow the instructions, I'm a little confused by what I get 
on the screen.  Here's the output I get in a terminal:

[root at localhost root]#  tail -f /var/log/messages
Aug  7 20:14:45 localhost su(pam_unix)[1119]: session opened for user root by 
higg0008(uid=500)
Aug  7 20:15:17 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using 
ohci_hcd and address 5
Aug  7 20:15:18 localhost kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage 
devices
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel:   Vendor: Flash     Model: Drive UT_USB20    
Rev: 0.00
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 1999872 512-byte hdwr 
sectors (1024 MB)
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 1999872 512-byte hdwr 
sectors (1024 MB)
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel: sda: assuming Write Enabled
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel:  sda:<7>usb-storage: queuecommand called
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel:  [mac] sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi3, 
channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Aug  7 20:15:23 localhost kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi3, channel 
0, id 0, lun 0,  type 0
Aug  7 20:15:24 localhost scsi.agent[1216]: disk 
at /devices/pci0001:10/0001:10:18.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0
Aug  7 20:15:24 localhost udev[1280]: creating device node '/udev/sda'
Aug  7 20:15:24 localhost udev[1281]: creating device node '/udev/sda1'
Aug  7 20:15:24 localhost udev[1282]: creating device node '/udev/sda2'
Aug  7 20:15:24 localhost udev[1283]: creating device node '/udev/sda3'
Aug  7 20:15:25 localhost udev[1284]: creating device node '/udev/sda4'
Aug  7 20:15:25 localhost udev[1286]: creating device node '/udev/sg0'

Any suggestions?

-PRH