Thank you for your comments mahjongg. Perhaps this should be suggested with any new buy? . . . it would certainly avoid a lot of heartache for those new to the Raspberry pi!!

You might be interested in my recent post on Forum: "Have you had problems mounting USB Memory Devices?"

I recently bought a Raspberry Pi together with 4GB SD card with Operating System installed. When I tried to mount USB memory devices it just would not work. Also, I followed the User Guide book by Eben Upton in which (page 34) it states that simply plugging-in USB memory device the operating system ...

I am posting this query a second time. I am having great problems attempting to mount a usb memory stick. It is a PNY 16GB usb memory. I had good advice yesterday and am grateful to those who offered help. I can now see that after boot-up the raspberry pi sees the device in File Manager in My Comput...

Thank you Jamiesk. Yes I get a similar output but with devices mentioned. This led me to re-look at advice earlier and I can see both devices in File Manager under Computer. Please excuse me, I am really new to this and I didn't know that compter was, say, the equivalent of My Computer on Windows. S...

Reply to malakai: Yes I am using apowered USB Hub. Reply to aaa801: There is no change in message output when usb devices inserted. Simply reports failure to read register index and then failure to write register index - both before and after. Reply to PS1981: I used File Manger to see that devices ...

I am new to the Raspberry Pi and know little about Linux. I am having great difficulty getting usb memory pens or usb hard disks to show on the system. The Raspberry Pi I have bought has the operating system installed and boots into the GUI. I have the User Guide book by Eben Upton in which it tells...