the 2 USB devices
the CDROM
the Windows files
The windows partition shows but you can't list the file nome of the rest show up yet I mouted them at setu-p and can access them from windows

You'll need to add more details, such as what Linux distribution and version are you running, what the USB devices are, what your computer specs are (for the CDROM), and clarify your last sentence because you do and don't say that Windows files show. Sounds like you see the Windows partition and you need to mount it. Perhaps add in details of what you have tried.

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I am not very good at this BUT
I have a Dell Desktop it has it ND
I have Win10 Pro installed Mounted /dev/sda3
I also attempted to mount it at /root/windows but still will not see the files the linki is trhere but ton the files
The Linux is slackware 14.2
Mounted on /dev/sda2
The Flash Drives are both 64G 3.0 Drives and are mounnted at /dev/sdd1 and /dev/sde1

THE CDROM is a DVD R-W and I have no idea how to access it or mount it

Well I am sorta new at Slackware and have only attempted to access the various DIR through the 2 or 3 programs in Slack

You need to understand the difference between device names and mount points. A device name like /dev/sda3 identifies the physical partition. Such a partition may or may not be mounted. If it isn't, you can't access the files on it.

To mount a device you need to associate it with an empty directory and this is usually referred to as the mount point. You do this with the mount command. For example mount -t ext4 /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows. This gives mount the three pieces of information it needs: the type of filesystem on the partition, the partition device name, and the mount point. The mount point becomes an alias for the top-level directory on the partition.

When you boot your computer, the startup scripts will mount automatically the devices listed in the /etc/fstab file (unless you have marked them as "noauto"). So if devices are not being mounted, the first place to check is this file. You can edit it as root to add partitions that you want to mount automatically.

I would not recommend mounting anything on /root. /root is the root user's home directory. Create mount points in the /mnt directory instead.

Hazel is correct about the mount. I'm also unsure if Slackware has you always as root, so my added recommendation is to use the sudo command to perform the mounts:

I'd would add, add your user to sudoers:

$ su

$ visudo

Make a line like root, only put your user name at the beginning. Exit visudo by exiting the editor. Knowing slack it's probably vi or vim.

Here's a little further explanation: http://docs.slackware.com/slackbook:...th_filesystems
https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=017644...ing&gsc.page=1

A default installation of Slackware requires a root password so after booting, open a terminal and enter su, hit the Enter and you will be prompted for the root password and enter that. Nothing shows in the terminal so after entering the password, again hit the Enter key and then create your mount point with the mkdir command: mkdir /mnt/windows
Then mount with a command posted above but change the filesystem type from ext4 to a windows filesystem type; ntfs or vfat most likely.

A brief discussion of filesystems and mounting at the Slackware site below:

http://docs.slackware.com/slackbook:...th_filesystems

As to the CD/DVD situation, what's on it? If you have data or something like a movie and you are using the default KDE Desktop, you should see a usb icon in the lower right and after placing a CD/DVD in the drive, you should see a pop-up giving you several options depending upon the data. Open with File Manager, Movie Player, etc. Just click the one you want. If that doesn't work you can manually mount logged in as root:

mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom

Unmount when you are finished with it. The same applies to a flash drive except for the /dev/sr0 which applies only to a CD/DVD. If you need to mount a flash, run blkid to get the uuid of it.

Well I now have the windows file system mounted
and both USB's
but i am haveing a lot of trouble with the DVD mount
all the man and howto's and the books all assume that your DVD is a CDROM with a file system of iso9660 and is a /dev/cdrom1 or a /dev/sr0 and they all want you to mount it on /mnt/cdrom
well the /mnt/cdrom file does not exist so i mkfile /cdrom and mkfile /home/DVD
and the is09600 file gives an error of
wrong file type
and when I use the mount commnand
mount /dev/sr0 /dvd it returns
can't read the superbock and wrong file type mount as read only

I am still working with slackware-14.2 on a dell desktop
LILO is installed anmd can boot eithe Windows or LInux

Mountpoints are directories, not files, so you will need to use mkdir to create them. But you may well find that there are already suitable ones on /media. Most modern distros seem to use the /media tree rather than the /mnt tree for things like CDs.

I think that where you mount disks is very much up to you. When using advice, I would always treat the suggested mountpoints as suggestions, not requirements.

The usual filesystem for DVDs is udf. Try using that instead of iso9660.

If you use a window manager/graphical interface, mounting is automatic, just click on appropriate icon in file manager

Else to mount a dvd, try: mount /dev/dvd /media/dvd