Some Mounting information seems missing?

[Steven Vollom]

Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
>> I am starting to learn to use a terminal.  The manual said I could 
>> see my mounted partitions by typing mount.  I did, and partitions I 
>> expected to me mounted were mounted, however, sdb5 should have shown 
>> and did not.
>>
>> As I recall, I cannot yet use that partition by trying to save to it, 
>> but I am able to enter a sub-directore that is in that partition.  So 
>> I am able to store data in the drive, just not in sdb5.  I would 
>> really like that partition to work like the other partitions that are 
>> used for storage.  If that is the reason sdb5 does not show up as 
>> mounted, how do I properly mount that partition?  TIA
>>
>> I bet a lot of you who recognize my name can see improvement in my 
>> understanding.
>>
>> Steven
>>
>
> i wasn't following much in the previous conversation. good job in 
> trying to understand mount :D
>
> if the partition is not showing when you type mount, this means it's 
> not mounted yet. did the guys tell you how to mount it? if so, try to 
> use that command and then check mount. if not, we want to know how it 
> was mounted last time, maybe through dolphin's automount?
> anyway, to mount a partition automatically, it has to be listed in the 
> file /etc/fstab . as soon as you think you understand mounting, try to 
> learn fstab. type the following on the command line:
> konqueror man:/fstab
>
>
Dear Willie,

Was it you that helped me put a /steven folder in my sdb5 partition that 
would not let me save things in?  Anyway if it was, I am locked out again.

When I open my sdb5 partition to store data, I am stopped with the 
following, at the bottom of a blank window:  Permissions Denied.  Also, 
the /steven folder did not appear, nor it's contents.

Do you know how to work me though the problem of getting that partition 
to function the way I want.  I would like to click on sdb5, when I click 
on the "System Menu 'Menu of Important Places'" icon then Storage Media, 
and have a window that I could store data and remove data.  I can't 
remember how to change permissions in the sdb5 folder or directory, 
whichever it is really called.  When I open "Storage Media", I get an 
option relating to Mount, but not one with the properties option that 
would allow me to change permissions.  TIA friend.

Cheers! Ciao Bello, and Cordially,

Steven