[PLUG] unable to mount ext3 file system

[Marvin J. Kosmal]

On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 21:48, Josh Orchard wrote:
> thank you.  that worked.  odd to me though.  I didn't have to in the fstab.  Would
> you now why?
> 
> josh
> 
> >
> > I think you might need to specify a partition number, e.g.
> >
> >     # mount /dev/hdh1 /mnt/point
> >
> >
> >
> > Josh Orchard wrote:
> >
> >>hello,
> >>
> >>I'm in the process of upgrading from RH 7.3 to RH 9.0.  I have three extra disk
> >>space disk that are each 120GB that I had on a second controller in the old
> >> machine.
> >> I took them out and bought 3 new disk that I'm going to place in the old machine
> >>once the upgrade finishes.
> >>
> >>What I would like to do is use rsync and move the date from the old disk to the new
> >>disk.
> >>
> >>To achieve this at a fast speed and together I have another RH 9.0 box where I'm
> >>trying to mount one new drive of 120GB and one old drive.  I will then run rsync
> >> and
> >>have the drives ready for the new computer when it finishes.
> >>
> >>The problem is I can't get the old drives to mount on the new machine.  I have the
> >>new drives created and working fine.  I have tried each of the old drives and they
> >>all tell me:
> >>
> >>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdh,
> >>       or too many mounted file systems
> >>
> >>when I try to mount.  I'm mounting these with this command:
> >>
> >> mount -t ext3 /dev/hdh /oldcomputer/disk1
> >>
> >>I have tried ext2 and ext as well but same results.  I have tried running fsck but
> >>it says to try with another superblock if I have a ext2 partition and I have ext3
> >>journaling.
> >>
> >>any suggestions on how I can get these hard drives mounted?  I do have them backed
> >>up on Tape but it seems I should be able to just mount and rsync and that would be
> >>much faster being they are on the same computer.
> >>
> >>Thanks for any help,
> >>




Can you post /etc/fstab here so we can see it????









> >>
> 
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