On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 07:03:57PM +0000, James Hosken wrote: > mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb5 /mnt/old-disk/ > > and I get the error > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb5, > or too many mounted file systems > I'm pritty sure that it is the right file systems, I was using Mandrake 8.1 > standard setup. I think the disk may be a bit dodgy. Is there any thing that I > can do? I know there are several superblocks for this soer of thing.
Well, starting from the end: how many filesystems do you have mounted? Run fdisk or cfdisk on /dev/hdb and see what partition type /dev/hdb5 really is. If it's ext2, run e2fsck on it. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
