Mount error

[David Bandel]

On 6/25/07, Dirk Moolman <DirkM at agilitytech.co.za> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Net Llama!
> Sent: 25 June 2007 04:31 PM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: Mount error
>
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Dirk Moolman wrote:
> > I am trying to create a new filesystem in Linux, but instead of doing
> it
> > through yast, I did it manually this time.
> >
> > I used fdisk, to create a new partition (/dev/sdb1).  I then used
> > mkfs.ext3, to create a filesystem on it, and then added the device to
> > the /etc/fstab file.
> >
> > When I try to mount the filesystem, I get the error:
> >
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
> >       or too many mounted file systems
> >
> >
> > What am I doing wrong here ?
>
>
>
> >Impossible to ssay since you didn't include the /etc/fstab entry.  Can
> you
> >mount it manually?
>
> ** first try **
>
> Unfortunately not.   The entry was:
>
> /dev/sda1       /oradata01      ext3    _netdev,datavolume,nointr 0 0
> /dev/sdb1       /archivedlogs   ext3    _netdev,datavolume,nointr 0 0

so both sda1 and sdb1 are netblock devices?  regardless, I'm no
familiar with the datavolume mount option, and that's probably what's
hosing this up.

try changing your options to defaults or defaults,errors=remount-ro
instead of the _netdev,datavolume,nointr

>
>
> /oradata01 is an existing filesystem, so I tried creating the next one
> (/archivedlogs) the same.
>
> I should probably know the different filesystem types, before I try and
> create one    :-|
>
>
> ** second try **
>
> I took a sample from another server (different filesystem type), and was
> able to create and mount it with the new type:
>
> /dev/sda1       /oradata01      ext3    _netdev,datavolume,nointr 0 0
> /dev/sdb1       /archivedlogs   reiserfs        acl,user_xattr 1 2
>
> (this time I prepared the filesystem (mkfs), as type reiserfs, and it
> mounted without errors)
>
>
> Dirk
>
>

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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