Need help installing hd

hostoriginal · 03-07-2009, 08:02 PM

I im trying to get the data off the old hard drive
its the two 160gb harddrives

i tried to mount the old harddrive to get the stuff off of it to put it on the new harddrive
and when im doing it says
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
and im running root@barium [/]# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1
thats the command

i dont know what to do i am COMPLETELY NEW to linux and my datacenter isnt helping me because their not at datacenter on weekends i would really appreciate if someone could help me please

hostoriginal · 03-07-2009, 09:24 PM

sorry for this double post but i need help asap

Drakeo · 03-07-2009, 09:31 PM

what linux distro and do you know how to open a terminal and assume root. so type cfdisk and post it.

syg00 · 03-07-2009, 09:34 PM

If you had your distro in your profile it would help us help you. Enter these commands at a terminal and post the output

Code:

df -hT
fdisk -l

If the fdisk does nothing try it as sudo/root.

hostoriginal · 03-07-2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

If you had your distro in your profile it would help us help you. Enter these commands at a terminal and post the output

Code:

df -hT
fdisk -l

If the fdisk does nothing try it as sudo/root.

I'm running CENTOS 5.2 x86_64
df -hT gives me

Code:

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
              ext3    224G   11G  202G   5% /
/dev/sda1     ext3     99M   12M   82M  13% /boot
tmpfs        tmpfs   1006M     0 1006M   0% /dev/shm
/usr/tmpDSK   ext3    485M   12M  448M   3% /tmp
/dev/sdb1     ext3     99M   12M   83M  13% /media/sdb1

fdisk -l gives me

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
/dev/sda2              14       30394   244035382+  8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2              14       19452   156143767+  8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdc: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *           1       19452   156248158+  8e  Linux LVM

Drakeo · 03-07-2009, 09:52 PM

did you create the folder /media/sdb1

syg00 · 03-07-2009, 10:03 PM

I would expect all the pv's to be found at boot. Wonder if the vg's and/or lv's have the same name. If so you'll have to rename one so you can mount it - there are several threads about how to do that. Check dmesg.

I don't use LVM so I'll leave it to others to help.

hostoriginal · 03-07-2009, 10:07 PM

yes i did make a folder named /media/sdb1

hostoriginal · 03-07-2009, 11:57 PM

how do i find out the file system on the old hardrive?

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-08-2009, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hostoriginal

how do i find out the file system on the old hardrive?

For that I usually run 'blkid' as root.

Drakeo · 03-08-2009, 08:40 AM

post your /etc/fstab file. lets see what ubuntu did when you upgraded.

hostoriginal · 03-08-2009, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakeo

post your /etc/fstab file. lets see what ubuntu did when you upgraded.

I posted my fstab below, Any Ideas?

Code:

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3    defaults,usrquota        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/usr/tmpDSK             /tmp                    ext3    defaults,noauto        0 0
/tmp             /var/tmp                    ext3    defaults,bind,noauto        0 0