Thank you for the tips,
Understanding them is an undertaking yet I forge on.
I am running PClinuxOS with the KDE window manager.
I attempted to use the mount command and it asked me to specify the file system , from here iam at a loss.
The dmesg | tail turns up nothing

any help would be great
iam posting my gizmo if anyone wants to help out in more real time
it's dline3088
thank you