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windrider

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Registered: 2005-05-07

Posts: 27

unable to mount hdd

i formatted my /dev/hdb in this way, using cfdisk/fdisk:

Disk /dev/hdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 232581 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1               1        1939      977224+  83  Linux
/dev/hdb2            1940       21316     9766008   83  Linux
/dev/hdb3           21317       40693     9766008   83  Linux
/dev/hdb4           40694      232581    96711552   83  Linux

and tried to mount it in fstab. i tried using both methods below.

/dev/discs/disc1/part1      /mnt/hdb1   ext3    defaults,users,rw   0   0
/dev/discs/disc1/part2      /mnt/hdb2   ext3    defaults,users,rw   0   0
/dev/discs/disc1/part3      /mnt/hdb3   ext3    defaults,users,rw   0   0
/dev/discs/disc1/part4      /mnt/hdb4   ext3    defaults,users,rw   0   0

/dev/hdb1      /mnt/hdb1   ext3    defaults,users,rw   0   0
/dev/hdb2      /mnt/hdb2   ext3    defaults,users,rw   0   0
/dev/hdb3      /mnt/hdb3   ext3    defaults,users,rw   0   0
/dev/hdb4      /mnt/hdb4   ext3    defaults,users,rw   0   0

but when i run mount -a i get this error:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/discs/disc1/part1,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/discs/disc1/part2,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/discs/disc1/part3,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/discs/disc1/part4,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

what could be causing this?

phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: unable to mount hdd

did you make the filesystems on the partitions (using "mke2fs -j" for ext3)?

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windrider

Member

Registered: 2005-05-07

Posts: 27

Re: unable to mount hdd

ah... didnt know i had to do that since my other partitions were somehow formatted as ext3 when i used cfdisk. works now, thanks.