[dsio]

Don't use the root account mate, its not like Windows XP where you use the admin account all the time, you just switch user to root 'su' when needed.

A directory is an element of a filesystem, a folder is a graphical representation of that directory, so for the most part its interchangable. The reason you couldnt make the directory was because I skipped over the username part.

Each user's home directory is /home/username

So it should have been /home/dabaerman/FAH (or whatever your username is).

eg. Mine is /home/Ashley/FAH

Don't use the root account unless you have to, sorry about the confusion, I just dont really think about the specifics, as I type without thinking most of the time.

You can also reference your home directory with the ~.

eg.

/home/Ashley/FAH

Is the same as

~/FAH

Because ~ is symbolic of the home directory of the user that is currently logged in. If you switch to root, then ~ will be symbolic of root's home directory.