Trouble mounting an ext2fs partition

tseven · 08-04-2004, 07:36 AM

My FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE box is being hosted remotely.

I switched from RH to FreeBSD. All my web files etc are on the second hdd in an ext2fs partition.

I have read numerous guides, manuals, etc, but have not found a solution for my problem.

I have compiled my kernel with the "option ext2fs".

Here is what happens if i try to mount the other hdd:

Code:

#mount_ext2fs /dev/ad2s2 /mnt
mount_ext2fs: /dev/ad2s2: Invalid argument

#mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad2s2 /mnt
ext2fs: /dev/ad2s2: Invalid argument

Here is all the information i could gather about the disks:

Boot message:

Code:

Aug  3 07:35:34 server1 kernel: GEOM: create disk ad0 dp=0xc4857c60
Aug  3 07:35:34 server1 kernel: ad0: 76319MB <WDC WD800BB-00DKA0> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
Aug  3 07:35:34 server1 kernel: GEOM: create disk ad2 dp=0xc4857960
Aug  3 07:35:34 server1 kernel: ad2: 57241MB <ST360021A> [116301/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA100
Aug  3 07:35:34 server1 kernel: Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a

/dev listing:

Code:

	        ad2
ad0             ad2s1
ad0s1           ad2s2
ad0s1a          ad2s3
ad0s1b          ad2s4
ad0s1c          ad2s5
ad0s1d          ad2s6
ad0s1e          ad2s7
ad0s1f

File: fstab

Code:

# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/ad0s1b             none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/ad0s1a             /               ufs     rw              1       1
/dev/ad0s1e             /tmp            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad0s1f             /usr            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad0s1d             /var            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/acd0               /cdrom          cd9660  ro,noauto       0       0
/dev/ad2s2              /mnt/2          ext2fs  ro,noauto       0       0

*Added by me, didn't work.

Fdisk:

Code:

Disk name:      ad2                                    FDISK Partition Editor
DISK Geometry:  7297 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 117226305 sectors (57239MB)
 
Offset       Size(ST)        End     Name  PType       Desc  Subtype    Flags
 
         0         63         62        -     12     unused        0
        63      96327      96389    ad2s1      4     ext2fs      131
     96390   83264895   83361284    ad2s2      4     ext2fs      131
  83361285    2088450   85449734    ad2s3      4 linux_swap      130
  85449735   31776570  117226304    ad2s4      4 extended DOS, LBA       15
 117226305       5103  117231407        -     12     unused        0

While entering fdisk i did get a message saying the geometry of my disk wasn't correct, and it would pick a better one. Could this be part of the problem?

Also I read that some versions of linux use "Magic Clusters" to create more hdd space on larger drives.

Please keep in mind i don't have physical access to the box, and only have access to FreeBSD.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice.

-Tseven

tseven · 08-07-2004, 11:08 AM

Does anyone have any suggestions, comments, or ideas which might help me?

Thanks,
-Tseven

SlackerLX · 12-13-2004, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tseven

Code:

#mount_ext2fs /dev/ad2s2 /mnt
mount_ext2fs: /dev/ad2s2: Invalid argument

#mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad2s2 /mnt
ext2fs: /dev/ad2s2: Invalid argument

-Tseven [/B]

Where is the directory on mount??
should be /mnt/"your new made directory"

mount -t ext2fs /dev/"your device" /mnt/"your directory"