Mount problem

stratogratte · 03-24-2006, 12:07 PM

Hi
I have a big problem with my second HDD on my dedicated server.
When I try to mount the HDD to be able to read my files on it, I get the following error:

Quote:

mount /dev/sdb3 /backup -t ext3
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb3,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

In kern.log, here is the reported error:

Quote:

kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on sdb3

Do you have any idea of what I could do to fix this problem and to be able to read again my data?

Thank you for your help...

TigerOC · 03-24-2006, 12:11 PM

The command is incorrect;
mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb3 /backup
note /backup must be a valid directory under /

stratogratte · 03-24-2006, 12:16 PM

That's exactly the same command/same result.
And /backup directory exists and is a valid directory.

TigerOC · 03-24-2006, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stratogratte

That's exactly the same command/same result.
And /backup directory exists and is a valid directory.

??? The commands are very different you failed to define the parameters for mounting the device. i.e. the parameters must be specified before the device -t ext3.

If the device is not a valid ext3 file system then do;

tune2fs -j /dev/sdb3

stratogratte · 03-24-2006, 12:24 PM

It seems like -t ext3 being before or after the device doesn't change anything for the command to work properly...

What exactly will do the "tune2fs -j /dev/sdb3" command?
(I am afraid of loosing all my data)

TigerOC · 03-24-2006, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stratogratte

It seems like -t ext3 being before or after the device doesn't change anything for the command to work properly...

What exactly will do the "tune2fs -j /dev/sdb3" command?
(I am afraid of loosing all my data)

tune2fs -j will convert an ext2 file system into a journalised ext3 file system.

to explain mount -t ext3;
-t ext3 =file system type ext3
if you unsure of the file system type do cfdisk /dev/sdb and it will list the partitions on the drive with their file type.

stratogratte · 03-24-2006, 12:49 PM

I know perfectly ext3 is the filesystem type...
The problem isn't that sdb3 is ext2 type, the problem is the following error:

Quote:

kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on sdb3

What I presume means that the partition table of sdb3 is corrupted. Is it really the problem? What can I do the fix it?

EDIT:
Strange!!!! sdb3 is indeed an ext2 type O_O It should have been an ext3. What could have happened?
Is the tune2fs -j command secure to be applied?

EDIT2:
The problem is that if I mount sdb3 in ext2, there is no data at all. If I convert it in ext3, will my data be back?

stratogratte · 03-24-2006, 02:00 PM

So what should I do safely enough to no risk to lose my data?

TigerOC · 03-24-2006, 02:55 PM

Its telling you;
kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on sdb3

that's how I knew that it was probably ext2. To convert it do tune2fs -j /dev/sbd3. It does not affect the data but creates a journal. What this does is record the destination of writes every 5s. Are you certain that you have written data to this partition?

stratogratte · 03-24-2006, 03:16 PM

In fact the HDD partially crashed recently but was fixed. After it was fixed, I got all my data again, but since some hours now, I don't know how, I have these problems. My thought is that the table partition(the journal) has crashed, and so that the system think it is ext2, but it should be ext3...

TigerOC · 03-24-2006, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stratogratte

In fact the HDD partially crashed recently but was fixed. After it was fixed, I got all my data again, but since some hours now, I don't know how, I have these problems. My thought is that the table partition(the journal) has crashed, and so that the system think it is ext2, but it should be ext3...

run a scan on the unmounted disk;

e2fsck /dev/sdb6

stratogratte · 03-24-2006, 03:41 PM

e2fsck /dev/sdb3
e2fsck 1.37 (21-Mar-2005)
/dev/sdb3: clean, 11/19464192 files, 610802/38925495 blocks

stratogratte · 03-24-2006, 04:17 PM

So what I still do the tune2fs -j /dev/sbd3 command?
What do you think about my e2fsck result?

TigerOC · 03-25-2006, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stratogratte

So what I still do the tune2fs -j /dev/sbd3 command?
What do you think about my e2fsck result?

The scan indicates nothing wrong so go ahead and add the journal with tune2fs.

stratogratte · 03-25-2006, 10:54 AM

So the command will make my data come back? :/