External USB Drive very slow to Mount

Hi, I have an iBook G4 and I recently bought an 80GB external USB 2.0 drive.
The problem I am having is that it takes a long time for the drive to mount. After I plug it into the USB port it takes 2 - 5 minutes for it to actually show up on my desktop. On occasion it doesn't even mount at all and I have to unplug and re-plug the USB drive and wait another 2- 5 minutes with my fingers crossed. Once it does mount it works just fine. I can transfer back and forth, run video off of it and run apps off of it. If I have the drive plugged in before I boot up I see the drive mounted after I log in, also just fine.
My question is how can I get rid of that initial delay? What am I doing wrong?
iBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

The problem lies with occasional dropouts that can corrupt the library's database files if they are being written to as the time of dropout.  It's the nature of wireless networks.  If you have a very strong signal throughout and are willing to take a chance then go for it.
But as for the speed, it must be iPhoto 11 and it's complexity causing the slowness. I had tried using a library on an EHD connected to my iMac from my laptop wirelessly with iPhoto 7 or 8 and it was pretty fast.  I think it was 7 before faces and places came into being.
Send a feature request to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html to improve wireless performance, etc.
OT

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