when i try and mount my ipod shuffle i get this

root@acadia:~# mount /root/ipod
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
root@acadia:~#

my dmesg looks like this

ET4: AppleTalk 0.18a for Linux NET4.0
hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-3, assigned address 2
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x5ac/0x1300) is not claimed by any active driver.
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: Apple Model: iPod Rev: 2.70
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 1004800 512-byte hdwr sectors (514 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda1
WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured
USB Mass Storage device found at 2
USB Mass Storage support registered.
root@acadia:~#

and my fstab looks like this

/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda8 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda6 /usr/local ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
/dev/sda1 /root/ipod users,exec, noauto,managed 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

what do i need to do to get this littel piece of plastic to work for me... im also using ht newest version of gtkpod once i get it giong

Try this
where <mountpoint> is the your mount point, eg, /mnt/usb or /media/iPod or whatever. I would not recommend mounting it to a mountpoint within /root, because /root is root's home directory, which is equivalent of /home for your regular user account.

If that doesn't work, and you've formatted the iPod with the FAT32 filesystem, try adding "-t vfat" immediately after "mount" in the above command