Quote Originally Posted by Static_C
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
The above command is an attempt at mounting the entire disc not just a partition.

Chris@Static_C:~$ mount /dev/sda1
mount: can't find /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Chris@Static_C:~$
Well what partitions do you have?

fdisk -l /dev/sda

It isn't necessary (albeit handy) to do anything to fstab to mount the drive. You can make any mount point you want like so:

mkdir /mnt/sda1
mkdir /usb1
mkdir /iamanapeman

Then you can mount any partition to any mount point you like.

mount /dev/sda1 /usb1
mount /dev/sda2 /iamanapeman

It just doesn't matter where you mount the drives as long as the mount point actually exists

What's the deal w/ line 2? Who am I being reported to? Me? lol
Just add yourself to /etc/sudoers and you won't get reported anymore. Don't feel bad, even root gets reported if he's not in that file.