RE: bad superblock recovery help?
Does -
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win98
- work?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Serge Rey [mailto:serge@rohan.sdsu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2001 1:42 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: bad superblock recovery help?
>
>
>
> here is a strange problem i can't quite debug.
>
> on a thinkpad x20 i have set up to dual boot debian (potato) and
> windows, i just got done burning a cd, using xcdroast. to do this i
> shutdown the box, put attach the ultrabase which has the
> burner and boot
> into linux.
>
> i've done this many times in the past, but for some reason i ran into
> a problem this time. after my last burning session i shut down and
> disconnected the ultrabase. i don't like the feel of typing with the
> base connected so i only use it to burn or rip. anyway, after
> a reboot,
> i went to mount my windows partition (cause it is where i store all my
> mp3 files) and got the following message:
>
>
> serge@bluesky:~$ mount /win98
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> in the past this mount worked fine.
>
> since this previously worked, i'm ruling out the wrong "fs
> type" option,
> leaving the bad superblock or too many mounted file systems as the
> source of the problem.
>
> as for the too many mounted file systems, i'm leaning towards ruling
> that out as well:
>
> serge@bluesky:~$ mount
> /dev/hda4 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro)
> proc on /proc type proc (rw)
> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
>
>
> i'm posting this to user as i don't think it is a laptop specific
> problem.
>
>
> here is what /etc/fstab looks like:
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options>
> <dump>
> <pass>
> /dev/hda4 / ext2
> defaults,errors=remount-ro 0
> 1
> /dev/hda3 none swap sw
> 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults
> 0
> 0
> /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto
> 0
> 0
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660
> defaults,ro,user,noauto 0
> 0
> /dev/hda1 /win98 vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync,mode=0777
>
> i tried a reboot, to see if i could get into the windows partition but
> when i selected that stanza in lilo, lilo hangs at "L?"
> (again, this used to work prior to this recent problem).
>
> i can boot into linux just fine. a look at my partition table reveals:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2584 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 814 6153808+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2 2504 2584 612360 1c Hidden
> Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda3 815 847 249480 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda4 848 2503 12519360 83 Linux
>
>
> i'm thinking something got hozed on hda1 during my recent cdburning
> session? but i'm not sure how to proceed. i was (perhaps stupidly)
> using the windows partition to store the images mastered
> under xcdroast
> - this seemed to cause no problems previously, but perhaps this is a
> possible source of my problem.
>
> any suggestions about how to go about repairing hda1 would be most
> appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> serge
>
> --
> Sergio J. Rey http://typhoon.sdsu.edu/rey.html
> Frankly, Windows networking is the worst thing that could ever have
> happened to mankind.
> - Stephen Cope
>
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