Hi, somehow after a power failure i can't mount my ext3 partition :( mount /dev/hdd2 /mnt/gentoo/ mount: you must specify the filesystem type fdisk /dev/hdd The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 484521. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hdd: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 484521 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd1 1 970 488848+ 83 Linux /dev/hdd2 971 155114 77688576 83 Linux mount -t ext3 /dev/hdd2 /mnt/gentoo/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd2, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so dmesg: VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hdd2. VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hdd2. What can i do to get my data back? Julius _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users