Hi, This is my first post on this list, so please bear with me. I've been trying to get a new 64-bit Fedora 17 installation to recognize an older disk that contains a 32-bit installation. I had installed the 32-bit version on my older Intel-based machine, but recently decided to replace the motherboard and CPU with 64-bit stuff, and get a new hard disk for the 64-bit system. I have many files on the 32-bit disk that I'd like to be able to access on the new 64-bit system, but so far I have not been able to mount the old disk. I've tried various "mount" commands with no success. I don't really understand the error messages when I try to mount the old disk. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Below is some information from the 64-bit installation that I think is relevant. Here I'm trying to mount the old system: ########### [root@alan-fedora alan]# mount /dev/sdc /mnt/fedora32 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so [root@alan-fedora alan]# mount -t auto /dev/sdc /mnt/fedora32 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so I've already created the /mnt/fedora32 mount point: ########### [root@alan-fedora alan]# ls -l /mnt total 4 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov 4 11:02 fedora32 [root@alan-fedora alan]# fdisk -l ########### Here's what "fdisk -l" shows. /dev/sda is not used yet. /dev/sdc is the old 32-bit installation disk. /dev/sdb contains the new 64-bit installation. ########### Disk /dev/sda: 256.1 GB, 256060514304 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000479af Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930277168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0006e27f Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 2048 206847 102400 83 Linux /dev/sdc2 1026048 2930276351 1464625152 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/mapper/vg_alan--fedora-lv_swap: 18.7 GB, 18656264192 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2268 cylinders, total 36438016 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/vg_alan--fedora-lv_root: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders, total 104857600 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/vg_alan--fedora-lv_home: 2927.7 GB, 2927691300864 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 355938 cylinders, total 5718147072 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes ########### I think that one thing that's happening is that the LVM software is getting confused by the fact that both the 32-bit and 64-bit installations have the same names for the LVM volumes (or whatever the proper terminology is). But I don't know what to do to straighten out the confusion. Thanks, Alan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org