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by linux003

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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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by open.suse

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!

by open.suse

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.

by linux003

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

by linux003

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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