[COLUG] Re: [opensuse] Paying for a Senior Moment

[Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.]

Rajko M. wrote:
> On Friday 05 January 2007 08:02, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
> 
>> /dev/hdb        /hdb        ext3    defaults    0 0
>> /dev/hdc        /hdc        ext3    defaults    0 0
>> /dev/hdd        /hdd        ext3    defaults    0 0
>>
>> I added the last three lines in an attempt to find the drives, obviously
>> the file system is incorrect.  I accepted the openSUSE installer
>> defaults, which is why sda5 and 6 are ext3.
> 
> The output of 
>   fdisk -l 
> (it L not one) will list all partitions on all disks. 
> 
> For temporary mount point you may create subdirectories in /mnt like:
>   mkdir /mnt/hdb1
>   mkdir /mnt/hdb2
> etc, for the rest listed in output of fdisk. 
> They have to exist prior to attempt to use mount. 
> 
> The command line that works fine with unknown filesystem on target partion 
> would be:
>   mount -t auto /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 
> than look with 
>   mount
> without arguments what is discovered. 
> 
> Example:  
> # linux:~ # mkdir /mnt/hdb7
> # linux:~ # mount -t auto /dev/hdb7  /mnt/hdb7
> # linux:~ # mount
> ....
> /dev/hdb7 on /mnt/hdb7 type reiserfs (rw)
> 

Many, many thanks.  The problem is solved!