USB flash drive not automounting or mounting

I asked this earlier, and several asked for more information about what is
going or not going on on my system. I am trying to figure out if something is
missing, or if something needs manual configuration on my system.

Here's the output from lsmod | grep usb:
usb_storage 69056 0
usbserial 29896 1 visor
usbhid 32224 0
usbcore 118980 8
usb_storage,visor,usbserial,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ide_core 139940 5
usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx
scsi_mod 125228 3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata

Here's what happens when my PNY 256Mb flash drive is inserted:
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: usb 3-5: new high speed USB device using
address 31
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
devices
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: Vendor: PNY Model: USB 2.0 FD
Rev: 1.13
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 487424 512-byte hdwr
sectors(250 MB)
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: sdb: assuming Write Enabled
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Feb 5 13:16:31 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi6,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0

And that's where it ends. I would think that something should now pick it up
and automount it. Let me try to mount it:
# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /media/flash
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

# dmesg | tail
usb 3-5: new high speed USB device using address 31
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: PNY Model: USB 2.0 FD Rev: 1.13
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sdb: 487424 512-byte hdwr sectors (250 MB)
sdb: assuming Write Enabled
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
/dev/scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 31

# mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb /media/flash
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

# dmesg | tail
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sdb: 487424 512-byte hdwr sectors (250 MB)
sdb: assuming Write Enabled
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
/dev/scsi/host6/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 31
NTFS-fs error (device sdb): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is
invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device sdb): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option
errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device sdb): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.

Now, just for yucks I added the following line to /etc/fstab:
/dev/sdb /media/flash auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

#mount /dev/sdb
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

Here's lsmod again just to compare:
# lsmod| grep usb
usb_storage 69056 0
usbserial 29896 1 visor
usbhid 32224 0
usbcore 118980 8
usb_storage,visor,usbserial,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ide_core 139940 5
usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx
scsi_mod 125228 3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata


Ok from all this, I wonder if the drive is corrupt. It is connected. Why can't
I manually mount it? I don't know. Why doesn't something try to automount it
for me?

Beyond this, I know not what to do other than to try it on another computer.
Your suggestions would be appreciated.

Rob



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