Can't Mount Partitions (Even after re-installing HAL)

[JohnnyH]

Here is the information you requested....

# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
...
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
...
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,shortname=winnt,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0

The ",uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix" is your problem (assuming that you did not re-use "knoppix" for your HD-installed User Name).
You need to remove those strings from your fstab thus:

# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
...
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
...
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,shortname=winnt 0 0

AND modify your /usr/sbin/rebuildfstab file as shown here http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26759
to YOUR user name, otherwise it will just get reset back to knoppix user next time the system runs rebuildfstab !
Good luck