jack wallen wrote: > Hello all, > > used to be i could install a second drive, taken from another linux box, > and mount it with something like: > > mount /dev/hdb2 /data > > well now on a fresh fc6 (64 bit) install i can not do that. > > here's my set up: > > 2 drives: hda and hdb. hda holds my new install. hdb was from an older > install and i need to get files from it. it's from an i386 install and > the machine kinda melted down. > > when i run the command: > > mount /dev/hdb2 /data > > i get the mount: you must specify the filesystem type error. i know this > is an ext3 filesystem (it's also from FC6). if i try to specify the > filesystem with: > > mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb2 /data > > i get: > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb2, > missing codepage or other error > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > dmesg | tail or so > > what am i doing wrong? > > i can mount /dev/hdb1 and i get the boot partition showing up just find. > but hdb2 will not show up. > > any suggestions? > > thanks all. > > jack > Are you sure /dev/hdb2 is an ext3 and not a LVM partition? If it is a LVM partition and your new install also uses one, I hope they do not have the same volume label... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!