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I'm not sure if this would be a problem but I have noticed that your fat partitions are ID'd as "b" with the extended partition being ID'd as "f". A "b" represents a partition that is NOT lba and an "f" represents an extended partition that IS lba. I just have never seen a partition with the newer drives of today partitioned without lba. That may be causing you problems, seeing that the extended is lba but not the partitions within. Just a guess.<BR>
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On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 11:21, Mark Robson wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>Here it is:
[root@localhost root]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1048 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hdc2 * 2 1048 8410027+ f
Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdc5 2 129 1028128+ b
Win95 FAT32
/dev/hdc6 130 1048 7381836 b
Win95 FAT32
Disk /dev/hdd: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1313 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 13 104391 83
Linux
/dev/hdd2 14 751 5927985 83
Linux
/dev/hdd3 752 848 779152+ 82
Linux swap
/dev/hdd4 849 1313 3735112+ f
Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdd5 849 913 522081 83
Linux
/dev/hdd6 914 1183 2168743+ 83
Linux
/dev/hdd7 1184 1313 1044193+ 83
Linux
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hda1 * 1 4978 39985753+ c
Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 4979 8207 25936942+ f
Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 4979 8207 25936911 b
Win95 FAT32
--- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hmmm... sounds like the partitions may be
> overlapping? The output of 'fdisk
> -l' might be useful for us to help...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
>
> --- Mark Robson <markrobson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Oh, good catch, Bob, I now remember we must all
> wish
> > you well for Friday. Speedy recovery, and all.
> > Unfortunately, that may knock me off again. I've
> > meant to get to a meeting for the last six months,
> but
> > it seems to be jinxed.
> >
> > Well, got fdisk -l dev/hda to report that in fact
> I
> > have hda1 and hda5 patitions, no hda2 to mount.
> >
> > Now, when I have both FAT partitions mounted,
> system
> > locks up catastrophically. No mouse, kbd,
> nothing.
> > Only responds to hard reset. Doesn't happen with
> just
> > one or the other singly, only when I mount both.
> > Well, it did that twice, but now I've got both
> > mounted, and it isn't locking up yet. Makes me
> wonder
> > if the drive itself is failing, thus the corrupted
> > drivers? Is there a way to tell if this is so
> short
> > of waiting for it to die? Less than 1yr old WD
> 80gb,
> > should be under warranty yet.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > --- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- Mark Robson <markrobson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Well, it will be there, then. Even if I get
> this
> > > > solved meantime (LOL). I guess you'll have
> > > monitors
> > > > to use, so I'll need to bring the kbd/mouse
> and
> > > box?
> > >
> > > Remember the meeting is the 28th, not the
> 21st...
> > > Bring kbd and mouse 'cuz we
> > > don't have any in the office.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Meantime, I seem to have lied when I said I
> could
> > > see
> > > > both partitions on the 80gb drive. When I go:
>
> > > >
> > > > mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win
> > > >
> > > > I can get a view of the c: drive where my o/s
> is
> > > > installed, and the source for the files I want
> to
> > > > rescue. I 'thought' I could just modify that
> to :
> > >
> > > >
> > > > mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/winD
> > > >
> > > > to make the same view true for my D: partition
> on
> > > that
> > > > same drive. I have already created /mnt/winD.
>
> > > > Instead, I get this complaint:
> > > >
> > > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
> superblock
> > > on
> > > > /dev/hda2,
> > > > or too many mounted file systems
> > > > (aren't you trying to mount an extended
> > > > partition,
> > > > instead of some logical partition
> inside?)
> > > >
> > > > I don't remember making hda2 NTFS, but is that
> > > likely
> > > > the problem? How would I determine that?
> > >
> > > Well, if you type 'fdisk /dev/hda' and then type
> 'p'
> > > to get it to print the
> > > partition map, you should see what the partiton
> > > types are set to. If it's
> > > NTFS, you need to have the ntfs modules
> installed on
> > > your machine. The linux
> > > NTFS modules are read only and write mode is
> only
> > > experimental.
> > > >
> > > > Is a 'bad superblock' as bad as it sounds?
> Can I
> > > > determine that (considering my newbie-ness)?
> > >
> > > It either means that the filesystem is corrupted
> > > hopelessly, not formatted or
> > > the system doesn't understand the filesystem
> type on
> > > the drive. It could also
> > > mean that there isn't an hda2 partition on the
> > > drive.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to mount an extended partition,
> not a
> > > > logical partition insde; maybe I just need a
> > > different
> > > > option?
> > > >
> > > > I need to learn how to edit fstab to automate
> this
> > > > anyways, don't I. Another of the skills I
> haven't
> > > yet
> > > > picked up. I wish I had the time to take
> classes
> > > to
> > > > get this down. I'm the proverbial one who
> knows
> > > just
> > > > enough to get into trouble.
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
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> >
> >
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