On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:56:17 +0000 (GMT) david cuthbertson <scienceinthegreen@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > Sorry, I am still learning, so not very good at > explaining things. > > /dev/hda1 is winxp > I now know that /dev/hda2 is the extended partition > Then comes Debian: > /dev/hda5 is swap > /dev/hda7 is /home (ext3) > /dev/hda6 is / (and everything else) (ext3) > There are no other unused partitons or unpartitioned > space. > > Grub boots from MBR into either Debian > (hda6,(hda7,hda5)) or winxp (not very often) without > any problems - appears to be fully functional. > My other Debian system is on /dev/hdb1. > >From there, or from a knoppix livecd, I can mount > /dev/hda7 but /dev/hda6 will not mount (sorry I can't > remember the error message and I am not at home right > now to reproduce it). well, this would really be crucial information... so you might want to provide that. where are you trying to mount /dev/hda6? > > The reason for mounting these partitions is to backup > stuff from /etc, /usr, /var, etc, in case of problems! > After failing to mount I ran fdisk to check for more > information and discovered that: what prevents you from making backups from your other debian boot? > > 'Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.' > > Would mkfs destroy the data on the partition? ummm. yeah. A > > Cheers, > David > > 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 > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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