> You need to mount with an alternate superblock. The documentation for the FS > should tell you ware that is and what the syntax for the mount command is. > You didn't say what the FS type is.
Oh how I hate top posting.. (Reply below original) > We have an issue with one of our SLES9 servers. We'd like to mount the > root FS on another server so can pull off a file that we really need. > The server will boot into single user mode so that part of the FS is > good. Which part of the filesystem are you having problems mounting ? > I've attached the mini disk to another Linux guest and IPL'ed it. I can > see it as dev/dasdf1. When I try to mount it, I get the message "Wrong > fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/dasdf1, or too many mounted > file systems." If dasdf1 is the root partition that booted ok then alternate superblocks won't help. You also have to have done something quite horrific to an ext2/ext3 fs to lose the superblock so firstly check you have the right partition of the right disk and it is plumbed into the right DASD volume etc. If someone accidentally scribbled over just the start of a volume then as AlanF says using alternate superblocks might help if your fs supports them. You may also find that "dmesg" provides much useful diagnostic information from the mount failure and that this will help you identify what the root cause of the failure is likely to have been. Alan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
