hmm i see no weird stuff ecept that sysfs bit.
have you tried kernel2.6 (it is on the cd)
actually it seems you both have mised about 2/3 of the info in dmesg i wanted.
issue this as ONE comand ALL of it(copy paste?), then it would be nice to see the whole output..
Code:
dmesg|grep ub&&dmesg|grep sd&&dmesg|grep usb
then i still want to know what version of hdd-installl you have. beginner? debian-style?...