[Pc_Support] USB Memory Stick

[Homer Whittaker]

I need to download a Debian kernel-2.6.8-2 image onto a memory 
stick in my Debian machine.

I have downloaded the image and it is sitting on my desktop, the 
problem is I cannot call up the usb port with the memory stick 
attached.

My dmesg indicates it is seen by the machine.  It reports
hub 1-0:1.0: usb hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: usb hub found
usb 2-1 full speed device using address 2
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage

#lsusb reports:

us 002 Device 002: ID 0781:5150 SanDisk Corp. SDCZ2 Cruzer Mini 
Flash Drive (thin)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Even if I find the memory stick I still am not sure I am on the 
right track.  My wife's machine has Mandrake with a kernel 2.4 
installed.  She has lost contact with our cable modem because 
her machine is approximately 100 feet away.  The machine CAN see 
the cable modem using Knoppix26.  

If there is some method that I can use to upgrade her Mandrake to 
a 2.6 kernel via Knoppix I will use it or I will try the memory 
stick route if I can find it.   I do not know HowTo either way.

Any assistance would surely help, and keep my marriage healthy :)
Homer Whittaker