Description of problem: (not positive this is HAL)

I have no scsi, sata, usb connected.  Mount shows only
sdb5(boot),sdb6(root),sdb3(swap).

Original device.map had (hd0) /dev/sda, (hd1) /dev/sdb.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora6.93

How reproducible:
Impossible to get rid of.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open shell tool, type mount:/dev/sdb6 on / type ext3 (rw), /dev/sdb5 on /boot
type ext3 (rw), /dev/sdb3 (swap).  All these are on hdb.
2.In /dev, the only device starting w/ h is 'hpet'.  No
hda,hda1...hdb,hdb1,hdb2,etc.
3.
  
Actual results:
On boot up I get errors: usb 1-1 device descriptor read error/64 -62 (repeat 4
times), then 'not accepting address 5', 'not accepting address 6'.

Expected results:
ata/ide identified correctly.  usb identified correctly.

Additional info:  Can send examples of mount, mtab, /proc/partitions, sfdisk,
and more is asked.