i did as you asked, (thanks for you help by the way), i made the directory..

then i entered your mount command and i got this reply telling me how to use the mount command, but since i have all ready put the command in fstab, i dint think i need it, so io tryed to askcess the usb and i got this new error message come up:---


Could not mount device.
The reported error was:
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

help!!

I simply dont understand why a distro that works as a live, when put onto the hard drive now magically looses things?..

Im willing to try any thing at this stage,, so please kepp the surgestions comming...

thanks every body for your time and help, its appreciated..