On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Chris Edwards <cedwards@smartechcorp.net> wrote: >>> sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature >>> /dev/loop5: unrecognized partition table type > >>Why run sfdisk? > > Just trying to see the partitions incase I have to mount with an offset. > >>> mount -o loop wdcdns1.img /mnt/tmp/ > >>Why are you using '-o loop'. You already have the loop device setup. >>Couldn't you just: >>prompt> mount /dev/loop5 /mnt/tmp >>... or, if you didn't create the loop device already >>prompt> mount -o loop /root/wdcdns1.img /mnt/tmp > >>> mount: you must specify the filesystem type >>> --- >>> mount -t xfs -o loop,ro,noatime,nodev,nofsck ~/wdcdns1.img /mnt/tmp/ >>> >>> mount: unknown filesystem type 'xfs' > >>Is the xfs module loaded? (do you have xfs support?) > > I installed the xfs module with yum and then deleted all the loopback devices with losetup -d and started over again... > > [root@wdcxen1 ~]# losetup -a > [root@wdcxen1 ~]# losetup /dev/loop0 /root/wdcdns1.img > [root@wdcxen1 ~]# losetup -a > /dev/loop0: [0807]:14876937 (/root/wdcdns1.img) > [root@wdcxen1 ~]# mount -t xfs -o loop,ro,noatime,nodev,nofsck ~/wdcdns1.img /mnt/tmp/ > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop1, > missing codepage or other error > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > dmesg | tail or so > > I really appreciate everyones help, this has been stumping me for a week or so. > I'm not on a linux box currently, but won't "file /root/wdcdns1.img" tell you what your working with. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
