> mount /etc/sdb1 /mnt/disk > mount: mounting /etc/sdb1 on /mnt/disk failed: No such file or directory Why /etc/sdb1 ??? ... or is that a typo? ... usually it is /dev/sdb1: ... so do "ls -l /dev/sd*" to see if the device "/dev/sdb1" exists ... and "ls -l /mnt" to see if the mount directory "/mnt/disk" exists