I really hate to say RTFM, but the command MAN mount will give you the missing peice of the puzzle for your system. You have to tell the OS what sort of file system is on the HDD. Only fair bro, it can't guess.
Doug --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am hoping someone in here can knock me upside the > and help me here..... > > I think I must be missing something here. I have a > disk /dev/hdc which > I used a long time ago to back up some files off of > my laptop when I > upgraded. The partitions are not normally mounted. > However, I am going > to be moving a bunch of files around pretty soon and > I wanted to see > what I had on that disk and perhaps weed some of it > out. here is a > fdisk -l of /dev/hdc: > > Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 14946 > cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id > System > /dev/hdc1 * 1 17 136521 83 > Linux > /dev/hdc2 18 3842 30724312+ 83 > Linux > > Now, if I try to mount either partition here is what > I get: > > mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/temp/ > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > However, I have tried specifying the only 3 real > file systems that I > use: ext2, ext3, fat* and it still won't mount. I > am reasonably sure > that I remember making the filesystems and putting > stuff on the disk, > but I cannot get them mounted no matter what I do. > > Is there a tool out there that will look at the > partition and tell you > if there is actually data or some sort of a > filesystem on there? > > I think I must just be missing something here....? > Or I am mistaken and > I didn't really put the files there to begin with? > > Thanks, > Shannon > > ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ http://www.libranet.com -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
