Inserted a usb 2.0 disk, and the thing duly shows up on /media/usbdisk However, writing was painfully slow, order of 100 kB/s Tried a second disk, this one would not automount. After manually mounting it (/dev/sde1) it ran well, with normal writing speed. Inserted the original disk again, and would not automount. After manual mount (/dev/sde this time) it also ran well. uname -a Linux pascua.localdomain 2.6.11-1.1323_FC4 #1 Thu May 19 03:23:12 EDT 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Hardware is Athlon 64, with pieces from /proc/usb/devices: T: Bus=04 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.11-1.1323_FC4 uhci_hcd S: Product=UHCI Host Controller S: SerialNumber=0000:00:10.2 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=04 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=10d6 ProdID=1100 Rev= 1.00 S: Product=USB 2.0(FS) FLASH DISK S: SerialNumber=USB 2.0(FS) FLASH DISK C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=05 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms BTW, FC4 looks great. My only remaining concern for x86_64 is how to get a shockwave flash and a java plugin installed Greetings, Ren�