not able to mount my partitions on debian

[mrsfena313]

hello everyone i have signed up for this form hoping that i can find some help with my problem
i the verion 4.0 of debian and iam not able to mount my partitions or my hpdeskjet f4180 printer which uses a usb port to my pc
i have tried
get apt update
get apt upgrade
get apt dist upgrade
and nothing has worked

i even looked for and installed some mounting device programs from the package manger which did not work

when i try to mount here is the msg that i get

Error org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolic y.

can some please tell me what i need todo to have my partitions mounted

[riot1ne]

hello everyone i have signed up for this form hoping that i can find some help with my problem
i the verion 4.0 of debian and iam not able to mount my partitions or my hpdeskjet f4180 printer which uses a usb port to my pc
i have tried
get apt update
get apt upgrade
get apt dist upgrade
and nothing has worked

i even looked for and installed some mounting device programs from the package manger which did not work

when i try to mount here is the msg that i get

Error org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolic y.

can some please tell me what i need todo to have my partitions mounted

First of all its
apt-get
That might help...

Also try pointing your sources to Lenny then run the same commands... That should fix the problem. Run the dist-upgrade outside of X

I was running into issue with this laptop and everything was fixed after the dist-upgrade... Also if you are really new to linux all I can suggest are books or starting with something easier like ubuntu or mepis... Or an apple if you can go that route... Anywho welcome to our world...

[Coburn64]

If you're having issues mounting Windows Partitions, this should work:
Mount Windows NTFS partition in Debian Etch MrTextminer’s Weblog

[lugoteehalt]

How are you trying to mount the partitions, what command or whatever.

Standard command is:

# mount -t <filesystem type e.g. ext3> <device e.g. /dev/sda8> <mountpoint e.g. /media/my_filth>