Thank you for your help. I was not using root. I rarely do, and anyway, to use it in Ubuntu is a pain! Sudo is the default, if needed. You can get root (sudo bash etc), but ..
Everything mounts (except /dev/sdb3 = swap.) thanks again Geoffrey -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html