mount: wrong fs type

sbrewer · 12-10-2004, 09:02 AM

I am running RHEL3 and just added another 250GB hard drive. I created a partition with fdisk, ran mke2fs -j /dev/hdb to format it. Created a directory for a mount point. However, now when I try and mount, I get the following error.

Code:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1,
       or too many mounted file systems
       (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
       ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)

What am I doing wrong?

TIA

sbrewer

jtshaw · 12-10-2004, 09:38 AM

Did you run "mke2fs -j /dev/hdb" or "mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1"?

Try mounting it by hand with "mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/tmp". Of course /mnt/tmp needs to be created first. If that doesn't work try -t ext2. Let me know the results.

Also, include the /etc/fstab entry you put in for this drive.

kilgoretrout · 12-10-2004, 09:57 AM

With the partition unmounted try running:

# mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1

Also make sure your partition is hdb1 by running:

# fdisk -l

which will list all recognized partitions, whether mounted or not, and report any errors/problems with the partitions.

sbrewer · 12-10-2004, 10:10 AM

I actually just deleted the partition and receated it....reformated...and everything is fine now. That was really weird. Just acting a little flaky I guess.

Thanks everyone for your help

sbrewer