Ok. I've had some interesting results.

Chris@Static_C:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda
Chris is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Chris@Static_C:~$ mount /dev/sda
/dev/sda: Input/output error
mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified
Chris@Static_C:~$ mount /dev/sda1
mount: can't find /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Chris@Static_C:~$

What's the deal w/ line 2? Who am I being reported to? Me? lol