Repost: used dd_rescue to image a partition of failing harddrive-unable to mount badpartition.img using -o loop

[tripolar <tripolar@comcast.net>]

I am reposting this in hopes that someone has an idea or two what I did
wrong
thanks
tripolar wrote:

>Hello
>I have a failing harddrive so I did #dd_rhelp /dev/hdc7
>/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img
>I saved that image ( 72G ) on a new hardrive
>/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img I then pulled out the failing harddrive
>and replaced it with a new harddrive /mnt/hdc . I have tried to follow
>these directions " Then run fsck on the image you have created, mount it
>loopback (|mount -o loop /mnt/hdb1/hda1_rescue.img /mnt/hda1 | in my
>case) and then browse through it and recover the files you need. "
>located at http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/5205
>First I am unable to run any kind of fsck on the .img . I think the
>original parttition was reiserfs.
>Then I went on to try "mount -o loop 120part7_rescue.img /mnt/hdc1/" I
>get "Unknown error 990"
>"mount -o loop -t reiserfs 120part7_rescue.img /mnt/hdc1/" and get this
>error
>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0"
>Anyone with ideas of what I am doing wrong Please help me out.
>Thanks!!
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