I have an external hard disk that plugs into a USB 2.0 port. I decided to see if the ext HD is also recognised under Knoppix 3.7. It is, the thing is though, I am not able to write files to the hd.
I have used the command mount /mnt/sdb5(name of ext hd) and next to writeable it says yes, but yet, I am unable to copy or write files to the hard disk.

Would anyone have any tips or advice on this problem?

Thanks