[COLUG] HD Partition Problem

[Robert Foreman]

You are probably looking for the sdb2 partition. Try mounting it
instead of sdb3.



On 3/23/08, Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Saturday  March 22, 2008 5:07:14 pm Rick Troth wrote:
> > 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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> I really appreciate the answers, but I am still confused.  I tried mounting
> sdb3 with vfat and ntfs, but neither worked.
>
> Here is my current fstab:
>
> /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500KS-00_WD-WCANK9498942-part2 /
>
> ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 1
> /dev/sdb1            swap                 swap       defaults              0
> 0
> proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0
> 0
> sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0
> 0
> debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto                0
> 0
> usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0
> 0
> devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0
> 0
>
> /dev/sda1	/sda1	auto	defaults	0 0
> /dev/sdb3	/sdb3	auto	defaults	0 0
> /dev/sdb5	/sdb5	auto	defaults	0 0
> /dev/sdb6	/sdb6	auto	defaults	0 0
> /dev/sdd1	/sdd1	auto	defaults	0 0
> /dev/sdc2	/sdc2	auto	defaults	0 0
>
> I stored quite a bit of software on the partition and I really don't want to
> lose it by doing something stupid.
>
> Any additional help will be very appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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