Re: mount IDE via USB-bridge

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:22:14 +0100, Bernd Kloss wrote:

> I need to import my data from my former IDE-hd and thought it might be
> easily done with an usb-bridge.
> But mounting does not work.
> 
> This is my old disk:
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1   *           1       38298   307628653+  83  Linux 
> /dev/sdb2           38299       38913     4939987+   5  Extended 
> /dev/sdb5           38299       38913     4939956   82  Linux swap / Solaris
> 
> Data are on sdb2
> 
> How to mount sdb2 properly?

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Wait... "sdb2" is an extended partition holding a swap partition ("sdb5").

Your data should be under "sdb1".

Greetings,

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Camaleón