USB mount issue

[Brian Astill]

On Sunday 23 November 2008 20:54:09 V M wrote:
> as complete beginner to Linux and with hard burden of Windows I
> am not able to resolve the issue regarding mounting USB drive.
> Attached are images of the messages I am getting. I am not
> comfortable with commands on the terminal and could not get too
> much help from the forums on the issue. I would appreciate some
> guidance.
>
> Attached is also screen shot of the termial about status of
> drives, though I am not usre that proper info is contained
> overthere.

You have done nothing wrong and the messages are quite normal.
Some important commands are reserved for the "superuser".
Mount is one of them.
So "mount <device> <mount point>" is rejected.  "sudo mount 
<device> <mount point>" will ask for your password and then be OK

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Regards,
Brian