Cant mount partition with System Rescue live cd

clifford227 · 11-01-2010, 04:38 PM

Hello,

Im using the System Rescue live cd to try and Clamscan a partition on my internal HD, but I cant mount /dev/sda3 (my home partition).

I use this commandline (as root):

Code:

mount -t ext3 /dev/sda3 mountpoint

but it just hangs, and then gives an error. what am I doing wrong?

yancek · 11-01-2010, 04:49 PM

Quote:

but it just hangs, and then gives an error. what am I doing wrong?

What might that error be?
What is the mountpoint you used?

mlangdn · 11-01-2010, 04:53 PM

If your /home partition is in /etc/fstab, then just do:

Code:

# mount /mnt/home

What exactly is the error?

clifford227 · 11-01-2010, 06:08 PM

The mountpoint was just a directory I created in /root (the default working directory you are dropped into by System Rescue CD) something like 'harddrive' I think.

The error starts with this:

'failed command: write dma'

then a few lines of 0x000002 type of stuff, then:

'status: drdy'.

(I can get the exact out put if needed.)

TobiSGD · 11-01-2010, 06:38 PM

Check your drive withe the test tool from its manufacturer, sounds to me that it is faulty. If you can boot your installed system, do you have access to your /home-partition? Than by all means backup your data before doing anything else.

clifford227 · 11-01-2010, 06:51 PM

Strange..

I just tried it again, it gives the error messages about 5 times, but now returns to the prompt with the partition mounted.

It seems to be fine when booting up normally.

I really hope this drive isnt failing, I only bought it a few months ago.

mlangdn · 11-01-2010, 06:53 PM

You can also check the drive from the SystemRescue CD using this command:

Code:

e2fsck -f -c -v /dev/sda3

This will force a check of the partition even if fsck thinks its ok.