Re: cannot mount /dev/sdb1
On 3/31/07, debian <debian@benburb.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Please,
(testing system)
fdisk -l responds:
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Disk /dev/sda: 9100 MB, 9100032000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1106 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 34 273073+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 35 1106 8610840 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 35 424 3132643+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 425 618 1558273+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 619 677 473886 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 678 710 265041 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 711 1106 3180838+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 4355 MB, 4355472384 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 529 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 529 4249161 83 Linux
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but when I try mount /dev/sdb1 /other debian responds:
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
Maybe you don't have a filesystem created on that partition. If you
don't have data you need to preserve (I assume that's true since you
talk of formatting it below), create one with "mkfs.<filesystemtype>
/dev/sdb1" and then try mounting that.
I have tried -t with all sorts of types, but none work. I have
reformatted the disk, no joy :-(
the same error is reported for /dev/sda2
/dev/sda2 is an extended partition. It cannot be mounted. You have
logical partitions /dev/sda[5-9] created in that extended partition
(see the start and end columns in the fdisk output). Those are the
ones that you can create filesystems on and mount.
The contents of my /etc/fstab are:
<snipped>
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Kushal
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