[ale] Not valid block device error

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Sunmeet Saluja wrote:
> fdisk /dev/sdc1 yeilds:
> 
> [root at tazenda sunny]# /sbin/fdisk /dev/sdc1
> 
> Unable to open /dev/sdc1
> 
> fdisk /dev/sdc yeilds:
> 
> [root at tazenda sunny]# /sbin/fdisk /dev/sdc
> 
> Unable to read /dev/sdc

You probably don't have the right modules loaded.  What does lsmod return?

You should have minimally:

usb-storage
usbcore
usb-uhci OR usb-ochi OR uhci

try: modprobe usb-storage

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