Re: partition problems
david cuthbertson wrote:
Hi,
Mounting /dev/hda2 or /dev/hda6 to backup my
hard-drive fails. /dev/hda7 mounts OK.
Running fdisk I get:
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 20.4 GB, 20490559488 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 39703 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hda1 1 13564 6836224+ 7
HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 13579 39701 13165267+ 5
Note carefully where /dev/hda2 starts and ends.
Extended
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda5 37772 39701 971901 82
Linux swap /
Solaris
/dev/hda6 * 13579 25676 6096604+ 83
Note carefully where /dev/hda6 starts and ends
Linux
/dev/hda7 25676 37772 6096636 83
Linux
Note carefully where /dev/hda7 starts and ends
/dev/hda2 is an *extended* partition. That means that it
is a chunk of disc which has been reserved to create
other partitions in it. It cannot be used as a partition
itself. Both /dev/hda6 and /dev/hda7 are *part* of /dev/hda2.
I don't know what you have done with your mounts, since
you didn't show them, but you might try mounting /dev/hda6,
it might have a file system in it. If it doesn't, then
you could try mkfs and then mount /dev/hda6
HTH
Mike
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