On 5/26/06, Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > My guess is that your /home is still on hdb1 where it was installed. Have you tried a simple ls from / to see what directories are there? Ken
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