Mounting another linux partition

BobNutfield · 03-22-2006, 01:04 PM

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to add an entry to my fstab file to mount the FC4 linux partion on a separate drive (SATA, shown as sdb). I made the entry as follows:

/dev/sdb1 /dev/FC4 noauto defaults 0 0

However, when I attempt to mount the partition, I get the error that it is not found in fstab. What am I missing? I have the NTFS driver installed and the Windows partition mounts fine.

Any thoughts?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Bob

Alien_Hominid · 03-22-2006, 01:35 PM

Fstab only exists for automounting. You can also mount your partition manually. And why are you mounting at /dev/FC4? I think, it should be /mnt/FC4 (FC4 directory must be created). Try this:
#mount -t filesystem_type /dev/sdb1 /mnt/FC4

BobNutfield · 03-22-2006, 01:49 PM

Thank you for your reply. Your suggestion does indeed mount the filesystem, but it contains nothing. What I want to be able to do mount the Fedora partitions in Slack and vice versa to open and edit files. Isn't this possible. After mounting:

ls -l FC4
Total 0

Thank you for your help.

Bob

Alien_Hominid · 03-22-2006, 01:54 PM

Did you put correct filesystem type?

BobNutfield · 03-22-2006, 02:15 PM

Yes, ext3. Looked like a normal operation, but no files in the directory. Same result from FC4 trying to mount the Slack partition:

#mount -t filesystem_ext3/dev/sda2 /mnt/slack

The directories exist (I created them). I am sure I am just missing some part of the process.

Thank you for your help.

Bob

Alien_Hominid · 03-22-2006, 02:22 PM

Stupid question but nobody else came to my head. Did you compile ext3 support in your Slackware kernel (if you are not using ext3 in Slackware)?

acid_kewpie · 03-22-2006, 02:29 PM

you're not literally typing " mount -t filesystem_ext3/dev/sda2 /mnt/slack" are you? use "mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt/slack". You don't actually need the -t option, mount will nearly always detect the right fs type.

Alien_Hominid · 03-22-2006, 02:33 PM

Good suggestion

But I believe that after specifying incorrect filesystem type mount shows error. BobNutfield could you show us what mount prints into the screen after your command?

BobNutfield · 03-22-2006, 02:38 PM

Thank you for the replies. But to answer the question, yes, I am running 10.2 with ext3 filesystem (at least that is what it reports at boot sda2 ext3). The mount commands you suggest appear to be working, but the resulting mounted directory has no files. Again, I am sure I am just doing something wrong. I will read up on it further. By the way, is the directory /slack OK, because when I attempt create mkdir /mnt/slack it reports the /mnt directory already exists and will not create it.

Thanks for your help.

Bob

acid_kewpie · 03-22-2006, 02:57 PM

once you think you have mounted the device, run "mount" or "df -h" to see that 1) the device IS mounted and 2) there is space there

BobNutfield · 03-22-2006, 03:06 PM

Thank you very much. I will try that. Everytime I think I am becoming an "intermediate" user, my noobness shows up again.

Thanks

Bob