On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:46:13 +0000, James Hosken wrote: > 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
James, What happens if you try to mount any of these without specifying a type? And, if mount is successful, what did it mount it as? Example - what's the output from this? mount /dev/hdb5 /mnt/old-disk/ mount | grep /mnt/old-disk -- ....................paul "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture." Internet Archive Board Chairman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
