Have you upgraded your redhat kernel past v2.0?
After 2.0 there were some changes to ext2fs and 2.0 kernels can't read ext2
filesystems created for use with 2.2 or 2.4 kernels.
--Christopher
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 08:15:26PM -0400, Koleman Strumpf wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I have a dual partition Pentium II with RedHat v5.2, and my lilo recently
> stopped working (I think due to my win anti-virus) --> goes right into
> Win now. My rescue disk does not seem to function (the PC just freezes up
> after spinning the floppy). At this point I am just trying to salvage some
> files and then re-install if needed.
>
> Anyway, I got a hold of tomsrtbt v 1.7.358. When I try and mount my linux
> partition I have problems. No problem mounting the Win partition (hda) but
> when I try and mount Linux (hdb) I get:
> # mount /dev/hda2 /test2
> /dev/hda2: Unknown error
> ...
> Transaction block size = 512
> VFS: Can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 3:02.
> mount: you must specify the filesystem
>
> More information on the file system does not seem to help:
> # mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /test2
> attempted to access beyond end of device
> 03:02: rw=0, want=2, limit=1
> EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2,
> or too many mounted fule systems
>
> I am not sure if this is also of use but when I first fdisk I get:
> # fdisk /dev/hda
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1025.
> This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
> ...
>
> Also, when I print the partition table I get,
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 262 2096608+6 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
> phys=(519, 127, 63) should be (519, 254, 63)
> /dev/hda2 262 514 2028096 5 Extended
> Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
> phys=(1022, 127, 63) should be (1022, 254, 63)
>
>
> I am pretty much a newbie so I am not sure if this is a salvagable
> situation or I should just reinstall (and lose what files I had).
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> Koleman Strumpf
>
>
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