Hello Stephen,
Thank you for taking the time to reply.
The O/S is on a mirrored array, and the storage array is RAID5.
The command I used to create the partition is exactly as you wrote "mkfs.ext3
/dev/cciss/c0d1p1"
Indeed, I created a directory under /home and named it "secureftp." I want to
mount just the "secureftp" directory.
Is there something wrong with the command syntax I used? I entered the command
exactly as I wrote in my original e-mail.
Ok, so the system can't find my target file system, would you please explain
why so I may know where I went wrong and how I can fix it?
Thanks
> From: b...@iguanasuicide.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re:
> Partitioning and allocating a logical disk....> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009
> 14:24:15 -0600> > > RAID-0? I assume this is only temporary storage then,
> yes? If one drive > fails in a RAID-0, the entire array is toast.> > > What
> tool did you use? There's no partition type specifically for ext3, > AFAIK.
> Even if there was, you'd still need to create the filesystem. To do > that
> from the command-line something like "mkfs.ext3 /dev/cciss/c0d1p1" would > be
> required.> > > I created a > > directory under /home named "secureftp." I
> also added this entry to my> > FSTAB, contents of which look like this:> > >
> SERVERNAME:/# cat /etc/fstab# > > /etc/fstab: static file system
> information.## <file system> <mount point> > > <type> <options> <dump>
> <pass>proc /proc proc > > defaults 0 0/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 / ext3 > >
> defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1/dev/cciss/c0d0p5 none swap > > sw 0 0/dev/hda
> /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660> > user,noauto 0 0/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto > >
> rw,user,noauto 0 0/dev/cciss/c0d1p1 /securedata ext3 defaults > > 0 0> > I
> assume it's not missing all the newlines and your mailer just screwed that >
> up? If not, that might be part of your problem.> > Also, your prose above
> indicates you wanted it mounted at /home/secureftp, but > your fstab entry
> says you want it at /securedata. Make sure you are > consistent.> > > I run>
> > the command "mount -t ext3 /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 /securedata" the system> >
> responds with "mount: wrong fs type, bad option..."> > Basically, that means
> that it can't find the filesystem you've specified.> > > SERVERNAME:/# dmesg
> | tail heads= 255, sectors= 32,> > cylinders= 52299 cciss/c0d1: p1 < >
> blocks= 426759840 block_size= 512 > > heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders=
> 52299 cciss/c0d1: p1 < >attempt to> > access beyond end of
> devicecciss/c0d1p1: rw=0, want=4, limit=2EXT3-fs:> > unable to read
> superblock> > Attempt to access beyond the end of device is a bit unusual. I
> suppose that > might simply have been the ext3 driver looking for one of the
> extra recovery > superblocks. For now, I'll ignore it and focus on "unable to
> read > superblock" which means the filesystem is either corrupt or hasn't
> been > created yest.> > > I thought the "superblock" was the 5% of space
> reserved by the system so I> > can perform root maintenance should the disk
> become full, the data corrupt,> > etc.> > No, the superblock is the area of
> the filesystem (usually stored toward the > beginning of the drive) that
> contains information about the filesystem as a > whole. For example, it
> generally stores what size the filesystem thinks it > is, what block size is
> in use (if the fs supports multiple block sizes), any > options or
> sub-options that are expected to be persistent, maybe a free space > list or
> bitmap, etc. It also stores things like UUID and LABEL. Most, if > not all,
> filesystems have one.> > The reserved space and inodes are fairly ext[234]
> specific -- most other > filesystems will let you shoot yourself in the foot
> quite easily. Also, even > on ext[234] that percentage is adjustable and can
> be eliminated entirely if > need be. UNIX and Linux systems traditionally
> behave very poorly, if at all, > when no filesystem can be written to -- a
> lot of programs/scripts require at > least some scratch space. This
> reservation by ext[234] can make it quite a > bit easier to recover from that
> state.> -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > b...@iguanasuicide.net
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