On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 22:56, Bryan Murdock wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] bryan]# mount /mnt/otherlin
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda3,
>        or too many mounted file systems
>        (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
>        instead of some logical partition inside?)
> 
> So what if I am trying to mount an extended partition?  Got any
> suggestions, mount, or can you just make smart remarks?  How about the
> list, can anyone be more helpful than mount?

You shouldn't need to put the information in fstab to mount it.  Just
run:

mount -t ext3 /dev/sda3 /mnt/otherlin

If your mandrake partition is in fact a logical partition, then remember
that there is a number for your extended partition after the primary
partitions (e.g., if sda2 is the last primary partition, then sda3 would
be the extended partition, and sda4 would actually be the logical
partition with mandrake on it.)  You can look this up by using cfdisk,
if you like.  In that case, 

mount -t ext3 /dev/sda4 /mnt/otherlin

would be the appropriate command.


Casey

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