From: James B. Byrne byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca
I have a USB meory key (Kingston) that I formally used with a CentOS-5.2 (32bit) system. When I plug it into a connector slot the light on the key comes on but there are no entries created in /media and no entries made to the /var/log/messages file.
Maybe not enough power... Can you try another USB slot? Do you have a powered USB hub to try with it?
JD