I am kinda a newbie. i know how to do lots but never what i want to do. I am running Windows 98 inside VMWare and i cant get it to read my usb. i am pretty sure it is because when i open the config it asks for the location of "usbdevfs" and i have searched and searched and cant find it anywhere. i have already configured my kernel for usb support (or so i thought to try to get my alcatel modem running) when i plug the modem in the usb light comes on the modem comes on so it is reading the system and visa versa so i need to know where this "usbdevfs" on the net or something so i can just get it and put it on the puter. tks.

usbdevfs is the virtual usb device filesystem. It is "mounted" like any other file system. Log in as root and try the following: # lsmod The output should show you if the usbcore and usb controller (uhci for example) modules are loaded. If not then try: # modprobe uhci If that does not work, then you might have usb installed in the kernel. Does the hub show up in dmesg? If none of this works, then we'll need more info. If you either have the modules loaded, or if the controller shows up in dmesg (kernel startup messages), then add the following line to /etc/fstab: none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto,defaults 0 0 and then mount the usbdevfs with # mount /proc/bus/usb The output of the mount command should then have usbdevfs listed at the end like this: [root@jupiter root]# mount /dev/hdb2 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) Hope this helps... Barry

aight tks that worked. unfortunately the drivers arent compatable anyway so it doesnt really matter but tks.