I've been through this on most sites and haven't been able to get a solutions. Believe me that when I do, I will update all sites with my find.
Running OOB (out of box) RH8 compliant with their hardware list, no kernel updates (2.4.18
I have an Atech Pro III 7-in-1 reader (memory cards for cameras).
http://www.atechflash.com
It has firewire and 6 types of digital media. I'm not using firewire so that is not my issue. If connects to the computer by either firewire giving 7-in-1 compatability or USB (me) for 6-in-1.
On Windows is shows up a 4 different drives with my memory stick (Sony) being the 4th choice.
I just found this site so I want to restart this process from the start.
using sda1-4, I am not able to view any data on the memory stick and can only mount it as tmpfs and not vfat. I've tried sda-d as well.
This thread seems similar but I have a Pro III and not a Pro II.
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0209.2/2031.html
I did add those lines jsut to see and nothing changed.