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Old 10-01-2004, 03:00 AM   #1
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can't mount partitions..


Hey all.. Got a problem with mounting a couple partitions...
Here's my system:
Mandrake Linux 9.1 w/KDE
Kernel 2.4.21-13mdk (stock)
686 amd cpu
Asus a7n8x deluxe motherboard
SiL3112A SATA onboard controller
WD HDD on EIDE for boot drive
WD Raptor SATA drive for games and stuff.

Note:
Mandrake reads the NTFS partitions just fine, but mounts them in read only mode.
Troubled partitions are /dev/hde5 and 6. (both formated previously with ReiserFS, two or three times even...)
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Ok, here's my problem.. Since i installed linux (the first time, made my migration from windows) *cheer, the world is a better place now*. I've had linux installed on my ide hdd which works just fine. I've had my sata drive setup with NTFS partitions from my previous windows installation. I've gotten them converted (didnt kill the partition table or anything, just reformated) to ReiserFS. I use ReiserFS on all my linux partitions. There is still one partition left on the sata drive as NTFS, which i cant change at the moment. Anyways, when i reformated my partitions to ResierFS using Diskdrake (mandrakes partition manager), it didnt give me any errors or anything, but when i reboot the computer i get the following error:

[root@localhost user2]# mount /dev/hde5
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hde5,
or too many mounted file systems
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But i get that at the main bootup screen where it scrolls all the OK, FAILED stuff. And when i do as above... Now if I goto diskdrake and tell it to mount it, it does it without question, and quickly, and all my data is accessible. I've even tried reformating it again, but to no avail. Same message. I'm lost on what to do. I've searched around and found nothing... I've tried running reiserfsck with --check, --fix, --rebuild-sb, --rebuild-tree options and it gave me no errors. Allthough it does spit this out when i do --rebuild-sb:

Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes if you do):Yes
super.c 218 rebuild_sb
Reiserfs with standard journal found, but there was specified a journal dev
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Don't have a clue as to what that means... So i'm lost as to what to do about it. I'm still new to linux, so i'm still in the shallow end of the knowledge pool, but quickly learning.

I have put into a file ~somwhere~, heh, dont even remember what file i put this into... Read it on a forum somewhere to append things to the end of this file to have the commands executed when linux boots. I have put hdparm -d1 -X70 /dev/hde on the end of the file (anyone enlighted me to which file i might of put that in, i would appriciate it!) I did that because it never remembers it when i reboot (guessing a driver problem, or kernel problem?) Using the drivers from my motherboard website for the SATA controller.

Alright, i think that's all the info i can think of to give you guys at the moment. Help is most appriciated Thanks.

- Neverwhere
 
Old 10-01-2004, 03:41 AM   #2
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The reason your hard disk isn't being properly mounted at boot time is probably because the wrong filesystem is selected for it in the /etc/fstab file.

The bootup file is probably boot.local (run after booting) or rc.local (run after starting services).
 
Old 10-01-2004, 04:08 AM   #3
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Alright, checked the fstab file and this is what it shows for those two partitions.

/dev/hde5 /mnt/games reiserfs user,iocharset=iso8859-1,dev,suid,exec 0 0
/dev/hde6 /mnt/mp3s reiserfs user,iocharset=iso8859-1,dev,suid,exec 0 0

Note: My user login is "neverwhere", so i dont know if the "user" up there has anything to do with anything... It shows the right file system: ReiserFS. And thanks, it was the rc.local So.. Any other suggestions, would be welcome.

- Neverwhere

EDIT: One other question.. Is there a way to tell my sata hdd to go into -d1 -X70 before it starts loading everything? The BIOS tells it it's in PIO mode...

Last edited by neverwhere; 10-01-2004 at 04:13 AM.
 
Old 10-03-2004, 04:08 AM   #4
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