Quoting Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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.
Thanks for the reply, it is hdb8 that I'm really intrested in rather than hdb5 Here's he result from fdisk Disk /dev/hdb: 41.1 GB, 41174138880 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5005 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 117 510 3164805 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb2 511 5005 36106087+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb5 511 573 506016 83 Linux /dev/hdb6 574 604 248976 82 Linux swap /dev/hdb7 605 986 3068383+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb8 987 5005 32282586 83 Linux Here is the result from fsck /dev/hdb8 fsck 1.35-WIP (21-Aug-2003) e2fsck 1.35-WIP (21-Aug-2003) fsck.ext2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while tr ying to open /dev/hdb8 Could this be a zero-length partition? I have run fsck on hdb5 and hdb7 as well and they come back with the same error. Any surgestions? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
