Hi, I have probably hit the tail end of this thread > Hoping for some more help on trying to mount drive hdb to retrieve > data. thanks dazza & rickw for their recent postings. > > fdisk tells me that /dev/hdb is definately their!!
when you run fdisk do you do a partition listing? If you look at fstab you will see that hda has a number after it. You need to partition the drive or know the partition numbers before you mount the fs. Do you know the format of the partition drive? > ----------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/> fdisk -l (prints the following;) > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1313 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 637 5116671 b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda2 638 1313 5429970 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 638 640 24066 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 641 657 136521 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda7 658 1313 5269288+ 83 Linux > > Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2480 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > /dev/hdb2 14 2415 19294065 83 Linux > /dev/hdb3 2416 2480 522112+ 82 Linux swap > > Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3720 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdc1 * 1 3719 29872836 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > > Unable to read /dev/hdd > ---------------------------- > > I then created the directory /mnt/temp as a directory to mount to > > The following happens; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ > mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/temp > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1, > or too many mounted file systems > -------------- > > have also attempted to add a line into /etc/fstab then reboot which > results in having to do a rescue as it then would enable system in write > mode only. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/> less /etc/fstab (is as follows) > > /dev/hda1 /windows/C vfat noauto,user 0 0 > /dev/hda5 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 2 > /dev/hda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 > /dev/cdrom /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 > > ------------------------------------------- > > Please any suggestions on what the problem maybe? Do I need to add hdb > as a mount point in /etc/fstab?? > > Thankyou > > dvr > -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
