please help before i freak (mounting)

[wendo]

linux see's my windows partition as dos_hd1.
But it will not mount.
When i start linus up it goes through the usual stuff.
Then when it gets to mounting local file systems.
It says bad superblock,wrong fs,cannot mount
FAILED.
Any ideas


Wendo

[dvdnut]

what type of file system is windows?

ntfs or fat?

and what version of linux have you installed, and has the filesystem you have been added into the kernel to it knows what you have?

[wendo]

thx for your reply, i'am using fat.
I have installed mandrake 7.0.

The reason it is doing my head in, is it has mounted it before?????.

[pbharris]

lets see, the windows drive is good (i.e. no fs errors).

how does a plain old mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /my_damn_windows act? this assumes of course you have directory called my_damn_windows and it is located at /dev/hda1 (the first partition on the first ide drive.

[wendo]

i'am a total newbie when i try mount /dev/hda1 mnt/dos_hda1 -t vfat.
It says the mount point does not exist.

[lsibn]

Originally posted by wendo:
<STRONG>i'am a total newbie when i try mount /dev/hda1 mnt/dos_hda1 -t vfat.
It says the mount point does not exist.</STRONG>
first of all, you are saying mnt/dos_hda1 instead of /mnt/dos_hda1 (preceeding slash). Try running it with /mnt/dos_hda1 and see if that works. If it doesn't, then run
mkdir /mnt/dos_hda1

Mount point does not exist means that the directory you're trying to mount a filesystem isn't actually there ("What did you want me to mount this on again?"), so if you get that error, try making the directory.

[GonzoJohn]

Take a look at your /etc/fstab

You probably don't have an entry for the vfat mount, or you just aren't getting the device name correct.

Cheers

P.S. Nothing to do with my reply: Would someone please take out the dang Flash ads from this message board?

[wendo]

[root@localhost wendo]# mount /dev/hda1 mnt/dos_hda1 -t vfat
mount: mount point mnt/dos_hda1 does not exist
[root@localhost wendo]# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos_hda1 -t vfat
mount: mount point /mnt/dos_hda1 does not exist
[root@localhost wendo]# mkdir /mnt/dos_hda1
[root@localhost wendo]# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos_hda1 -t vfat
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@localhost wendo]#
This is what i got

please help

[wendo]

To Gonzo

When i try that i get this:-

[root@localhost wendo]# /etc/fstab
bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied
[root@localhost wendo]#

[Strike]

wendo, order matters, and so does the leading slash on that path:

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos_hda1

should do it. Type it in EXACTLY like that though. Do NOT switch the order and do NOT remove any characters.

[wendo]

this is what i get:-

[root@localhost wendo]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos_hda1
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@localhost wendo]#

why me!!!! lol

[jscott]

just type mount press enter;

What's the output?

[wendo]

here it is[root@localhost wendo]# mount
/dev/hda6 on / type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /home type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda9 on /tmp type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda10 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda11 on /var type ext2 (rw)
/mnt/floppy on /mnt/floppy type supermount (rw,fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620)
/mnt/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type supermount (rw,fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom)
/mnt/cdrom2 on /mnt/cdrom2 type supermount (rw,fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2)
[root@localhost wendo]#

[jscott]

Does /mnt/dos_hda1 exist?

[wendo]

????????

[wendo]

[wendo@localhost wendo]$ mount /dev/hda6 on / type ext2 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) /dev/hda1 on /mnt/dos type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,conv=auto) /dev/hda5 on /boot type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda7 on /home type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda9 on /tmp type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda10 on /usr type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda11 on /var type ext2 (rw) /mnt/floppy on /mnt/floppy type supermount (rw,fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620) /mnt/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type supermount (rw,fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom) /mnt/cdrom2 on /mnt/cdrom2 type supermount (rw,fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2) [wendo@localhost wendo]$

your all be glad to see this.

Soz about giving you all a headache.

The windows partition was corrupt.

Thx again for all your input :(