Hello bbb, Friday, May 26, 2006, 9:02:27 PM, you wrote:
b> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System b> /dev/hdb1 * 1 2392 19213708+ 83 Linux b> /dev/hdb2 2393 2498 851445 5 Extended b> /dev/hdb5 2393 2498 851413+ 82 Linux swap / b> Solaris b> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# b> I can access hdb1. <snip> b> But trying to mount hdb2 gets me:- b> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/old2 b> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb2, b> missing codepage or other error b> (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition, b> instead of some logical partition inside?) b> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try b> dmesg | tail or so The message explains why you can't mount hdb2... it is an extended partition, which is just a container that holds logical partitions, and that does not, in and of itself, contain any filesystem, or data. -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
