> For some reason, though, when I am logged in as a non-root user when using
> Linux, I cannot affect this partition at all; I can't read files, write
> files, or even create directories. I can do all those things as a root user.
>
> The partition is mounted in my Linux OS as U1, pointing at /dev/hda6. It
> is listed in fstab as such:
>
> /dev/hda6 u1 vfat defaults,user 0 0
What does the output of the mount command show?
What is the exact error message, or behavior, that you
get when you're trying to access the filesystem as
a non-root user?