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    Mount partition in linux

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    by linux003 ·

    Hi,

    I am having following partition table.

    hdb1 – boot
    hdb2 – root

    hdc1 – boot
    hdc2 – root

    Both the HDDs have same distribution OEL5.I can only mount the hdb1 if i boot from hdc or mount only hdc1 if i boot from hdb.When I try to mount root partition,it says that file system is wrong.I use the following command.At this time my booting HDD is hdc.

    I create a folder /mnt/hdb2

    mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/hdb2

    I am not getting any error for following command.

    mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1

    No issues to view the content of /mnt/hdb1.

    Can anybody clear this? Pl

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    • #2637148

      Clarifications

      by linux003 ·

      In reply to Mount partition in linux

      Clarifications

    • #2637820

      Mounting via ‘mount’

      by open.suse ·

      In reply to Mount partition in linux

      try to use the following syntax as root

      mkdir /mnt/hdb1
      mkdir /mnt/hdb2
      mkdir /mnt/hdc1
      mkdir /mnt/hdc2
      mount -s -v /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1
      mount -s -v /dev/hdb2 /mnt/hdb2
      mount -s -v /dev/hdc1 /mnt/hdc1
      mount -s -v /dev/hdc2 /mnt/hdc2

      the -s option will allow sloppy mounting (ie : a partition with a bad superblock) and the -v will give you a verbose listing as to what is being done to troubleshoot the process.

      The only thing I can think of right off is to ask if you are using a ramdisk for an ISO mount. (Live filesystem).

      Have a lot of fun!

      • #2637816

        One other thought

        by open.suse ·

        In reply to Mounting via ‘mount’

        In your boot record, make sure that your root=XXX does not point to the correct HD and that they are not both pointing to the same root drive.

        • #2651156

          One more clarification

          by linux003 ·

          In reply to One other thought

          Can you please explain how to identify about the option you are explaining?

      • #2651155

        Need lit bit extra info

        by linux003 ·

        In reply to Mounting via ‘mount’

        When I try the commands you mentioned,I get the following response.

        mount: you didn’t specify a filesystem type for /dev/hdb2
        I will try all types mentioned in /etc/filesystems or /proc/filesystems
        Trying hfsplus
        mount: you must specify the filesystem type

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