[COLUG] HD Partition Problem

[Stephen P. Molnar]

On Sunday  March 23, 2008 8:46:04 am Robert Foreman wrote:
> 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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Thanks for the suggestion, but sdb2 is the current installation file tree.