why can't i mount my drives

Eradicator · 10-31-2003, 07:15 PM

here is my fstab

# This is a root linux ext2 partition:
/dev/hdb2 / ext2 errors=remount-ro,defaults 0 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/hd2 auto user,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# The 'sw' option indicates that the swap partition is to be activated
# with 'swapon -a'.
/dev/hdb1 swap swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hd auto user,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0

I get a file system error on hda and hdd, they were formatted as ext2

Here is my fdisk
root@localhost kevin]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/disc: 1281 MB, 1281181696 bytes
64 heads, 63 sectors/track, 620 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 = 2064384 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part1 * 1 620 1249857 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part2 1 620 1249888+ 5 Extended
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part5 * 1 620 1249857 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 2564 MB, 2564352000 bytes
128 heads, 63 sectors/track, 621 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 = 4128768 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 621 2503840+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc: 3228 MB, 3228696576 bytes
128 heads, 63 sectors/track, 782 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 = 4128768 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 1 121 487840+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part2 122 782 2665152 83 Linux

Thanks, this is in mandrake

ToniT · 10-31-2003, 07:32 PM

You refer to them as hda and hdd, have you partitioned them correctly? (it is possible to create a filesystem (or format, as you say) to the actual disk (that is, not having any partitions, only raw data), but it is not recommended.

ToniT · 10-31-2003, 07:43 PM

hmm.. your partition tables look ok. What command

Code:

file -sL /dev/hda1

says? It should say something about ext2 filesystem. If not, the filesystem is not made correctly. You can create one with a command

Code:

mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda1

Eradicator · 10-31-2003, 07:53 PM

I am going to try to start from scratch, one drive and then add the others after the system is installed

Eradicator · 10-31-2003, 09:15 PM

I switched my drives around and only have 2 now and reinstalled. It seems OK now.

Thanks for the advice, I am sure more questions will be coming :-)