[COLUG] HD Partition Problem

[Rick Troth]

It may be something as simple as
not having the VFAT filesystem driver loaded.
>From the 'fdisk' report, that third partition is Win 95,
so I ASSUME that you have a FAT/VFAT filesystem on it.
If instead you have NTFS, well, there too, just be sure
to have the right filesystem driver loaded into Linux.

You can code /etc/fstab with "auto"
for the filesystem type until you get it completely figured out.
But for these two, that field should be "vfat" or "ntfs"
when you get it nailed down.

I hope this helps.

-- R;   <><


On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:

> I have just upgraded my Linux machine to OpenSUSE 10.3 64 bit and have a
> partition problem on one of my hard drives.  Rather than risk really messing
> it up by plunging ahead I would like to ask for help.
>
> Here is the problem, according to Krusader/Mountman:
>
> Could not mount device.
> The reported error was:
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb3,
> missing codepage or helper program, or other error
> (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
> instead of some logical partition inside?)
>
> fdisk /dev/sdb gives me
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000bdd37
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1               1         262     2104483+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sdb2   *         263        2873    20972857+  83  Linux
> /dev/sdb3            2874       30401   221118660    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/sdb5            2874        5484    20972826   83  Linux
> /dev/sdb6            5485       30401   200145771   83  Linux
>
> the problem is with dev/sdb3.  What should the fstab line to mount the
> partition read?  Or alternately, how do I reformat the partition for ext3?  
> The current partition is a hold over from a MS Win machine.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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