On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is my first post, please bare with me! I tried to upgrade Win98 to
> Win2K this weekend and the end result was 'Missing Operating System' error
> at bootup. Nice, eh? Then the install disk couldn't even recognize my
> drives. I tried installing NT and recognized the drives, but couldn't read
> them. That was my cue to install something a little more predictable, like
> RedHat 6.1.
>
> I installed RH6.1 on what used to be the C: drive, after I wiped the MBR
> with 'fdisk /mbr'. I'd like to get at the data on my D:, E:, and F: drives,
> that should have been left intact. I've tried using 'auto' for the fstype in
> fstab with no luck. I've also tried...
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /d
>
> without success. I get an error like 'invalid fs type option, or ...'
> basically a list of things that could be wrong without narrowing it down.
> I'm guessing there's at least a chance that my drive is corrupted, but I'd
> like to make one more attempt at rescuing the data. Any ideas?
>
Silly question but does the directory "/d" exist? I think the command
line is correct.... Make sure you have the mount point created first
before you try to mount. I know that sounds "elementary" but if you
don't have that mount point, the mount WILL fail!
John
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