> > Hi Jon > Since the above I've done the following: > Mounted sda1,sda2,sda3,sda4, sda5 & sda6 in turn and use 'ls /mnt/olddisk' > for each sda# to see what is there. > > sda2 - This is my old Sherline/EMC install because I found my 'gcode' file > and 'vmlinuz 2.2.6.16.20-rtai' > sda3 - says "looks like swapspace - not mounted" > "mount: you must specify the file system type" > sda4 - says "mount: you must specify the filesystem type" > > sda5 - EMC2 latest Ubuntu/EMC2 download > > sda6 - says "looks like swapspace - not mounted" > "mount: you must specify the file system type" > sda1 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/olddisk > [sudo] password for dave: > mount: /dev/sda1 already mounted or /mnt/olddisk busy > mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda1 is already mounted on > /mnt/olddisk
Did you unmount (umount) sda2 first? Remember, what "mount" does is takes the contents of a disk partition and associates them with a directory in the filesystem. If you mounted sda2 on /mnt/olddisk, then that directory is busy, and trying to mount sda1 in the same place will probably fail. (I say probably because I haven't checked the man-page - maybe mount would unmount sda2 first.) The other possibility is that sda2 is your main Ubunutu partition. If so, it is already mounted (it has to be, or your system wouldn't be running.) I don't know if mount would let you mount the same partition in two places, but I doubt it. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls mnt/olddisk/ > ls: cannot access mnt/olddisk/: No such file or directory If the mount fails, trying to list the directory is going to fail too. > sda1 seems to have a lot to say, I'm not sure what it all means. > > So where should I go from here, I'm quite happy now I think I know what > happening. I just want to keep EMC2/Ubuntu8.04 on my computer, that was > loaded from the "live CD". Which bits can I delete. > Don't delete anything for now. Unless you are running out of disk space and desperately need to enlarge your Ubuntu partition, just leave the old stuff alone for a while. If you suddenly realize "oops, I need that file from the old system", you can mount the old partition and recover it. Regards, John Kasunich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
