I need a Linux guru!

[DiscoStu]

I've installed fedora 9 onto my laptop, but the FAT 32 partition I've got all my music stored on doesn't seem accessible. It's visible in the Computer window, but I can't mount it or open it. When I try either of these things nothing happens. Any ideas?

[Rymez2K]

Have a look in the logs may give an indication to whats wrong.
try. dmesg in a terminal window
You may need to be root.
HTH

[DiscoStu]

Have a look in the logs may give an indication to whats wrong.
try. dmesg in a terminal window
You may need to be root.
HTH

I wasn't logged in as root

I'm not good with this Linux thing. I think I should give up and go back to XP...

[Addanc]

Check out the entry in /etc/fstab. If you want to mount the file system as non-root isn't there a "user" option in fstab? I'm not a Unix admin, try "man fstab". What sort of disk is it, permanently installed HD, some sort of USB based HD or semaphore flags based HD?

[DiscoStu]

Check out the entry in /etc/fstab. If you want to mount the file system as non-root isn't there a "user" option in fstab? I'm not a Unix admin, try "man fstab". What sort of disk is it, permanently installed HD, some sort of USB based HD or semaphore flags based HD?

I have no idea what fstab is or how I'd check it

[Ardesco]

I have no idea what fstab is or how I'd check it

open a shell
type "vi /etc/fstab"

[DiscoStu]

This Linux thing's a bit of a steep learning curve...

[DimPrawn]

Try something that works.

[DiscoStu]

Try something that works.

That was my thought too!

[Pondlife]

I'm equally numpty with Linux but don't they all have a config tool like control panel for this sort of stuff i.e. Yast?