Re: Mounting non Debian partitions
On Sun, 7 May 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 08:30:39PM +1000, Russ Pitman wrote:
> > Have only just managed to install Debian 2.1, after giving up
> > many times.
> > Now mostly it all works, all I need to do is hang in there.
> >
> > Normally using redhat, I now need to shift configurations etc
> > but when in deb. and I try to mount any linux partition that is not
> > debian, mount balks with this error
> > ---------
> > $ mount -t ext2 /dev/hda9 /rh6
> >
> > EXT2-fs: 03:09: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional
> > features
> > mount: wrong filesystem etc. etc.
> > or too many etc. etc. ( the usual complaint)
> > ----------
> > Working out of redhat there is no problem in mounting other
> > distributions partitions/filesystems, at least I haven't had any to
> > date and the result is the same from fstab
> >
> > Is this a known problem, will an upgrade fix things. I am
> > currently using RH 6.2.Have I missed some changes in the ext2 fs?
>
> Believe this is the more recent change in ext2 filesystem structure.
> There's some new sparse superblock things and a different default block
> size. Debian 2.1 is getting a bit old. Since you've just installed,
> and probably don't have too much invested in your Debian setup, I'd
> suggest immediately upgrading to Potato (aka "frozen"). Simply change
> you apt sources (/etc/apt/sources.list) to point to something like:
>
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
> (pick an appropriate mirror...)
>
> Then do "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get dist-upgrade". If you
> installed alot of software this'll take a long time over a modem. But
> the newer software should make it worthwhile.
>
>
Thank you, I'll keep hanging in. That will probably induce more
questions -:)
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----russ----
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