LinuxQuestions.org - Problems mounting ext3

Hi there.
I've recently changed from ubuntu to mandriva just to try the desktop out...
But I can't mount my ext3 partition. I know it is an ext3.
Here's the old line from fstab I've tried with:

Code:

/dev/sdb1 /media/Shared ext3 rw,user,noauto 0 0

and yes I've the /media/Shared dir.
Then I tried to do it manually:

Code:

[root@suedox mariusz]# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /media/ext3/

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,

      missing codepage or other error

      In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try

      dmesg | tail  or so

and the dmesg | tail:

Code:

VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sdb1.

The partition editor/configurator in mandrake says that it's hfsplus, but I've never been using this kind of fstype, and I know that last used fs was ext3. I've a lot of backup data there so I hope I can be able to mount it or recover the data...