Please help a newbie with "Failed to intialize HAL!"

[Paul Williams]

Hello everybody.
 
Thanks for all the help you gave me last time, helping me to overcome the "internal error - failed to intialize HAL!" problem. I'm getting a bit nearer to getting my machine working again, but right now I'm stuck. Please help
 
I'm trying to copy my files onto my USB memory stick preparatory to reinstalling the operating system, but knowing nothing about Linpus, I don't know how to do it.
 
I inserted the mem stick and then I typed:
sudo mount  /dev/sdb1  /mediamount I got this result:
/dev/sda1 on /  type ext2 (rw)                                                          (I was surprised to see sda1 and not sdb1)none  on  /dev/pts  type  devpts  (rw,gid=5,mode=620)                         (what does this "none" mean? What does rw stand for?)none  on  /dev/shm  type tmpfs  (rw)none  on  /sys  type  sysfs  (rw)none  on  /mnt/home  type aufs  (rw,si=cd7d0780,xino=/home/user/.aufs.xino,create=mfs,dirs=/home/user=rw)/dev/sdb1  on  /media  type  vfat (rw)                                                (sdb1 is here. What does sdb stand for?) Then I typed  cd  /medialsI got a list of the files on my USB memory stick
 
This is a major breakthrough, since my machine does not show the USB memory stick or the SD memory card when I click on Advanced mode in Files.But I don't know how to copy my files to the media.I tried  
 
sudo   cp  /Documents  /mediaand  I got  cp: cannot stat  '/Documents': No such file or directory I  tried cd  /homecp  /Documents  /mediabut I got this result again:
cp: cannot stat  '/Documents': No such file or directory How do I get back to my files which are at  My Disk:///Documents/Spreadsheets ?Will I be able to copy over whole folders or do I have to copy each file separately?
 
Can anybody help me? Please don't take any knowledge for granted, but rather tell me exactly what I should type.
Many thanks
 
Paul Williams   
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