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#lsmod
See if the usb-storage module is loaded. If not then, go to the driver dir, /lib/modules/.../usb/ and load the "storage" module:
# /sbin/modprobe usb-storage
Also the SCSI support (or ide-scsi) should be built-in the kernel.
If the above does not work, get the output of...