On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 08:11:31PM -0700, Torben Brosten wrote: > Hi, > > How can I get the debian system to recognize an SuSE ppc ext2 partition? > Adding a line to /etc/fstab doesn't seem to work: > /dev/hdb8 /oldsuse ext2 defaults > > On a BWG3, have a partition table that looks like (ref, type): > (misc apple partitions omitted) > > # hda has debian and macos installed (and working) > > hda2 --not available -- NewWorld bootblock > hda6 --not available -- HFS > hda7 --not available -- HFS > hda8 swap Linux Swap > hda9 -- not mounted -- Linux native # debian root / > > # hdb was hda with SuSE 7.3ppc on it -- partitions have not be > re-writtent or initialized > > hdb5 -- not mounted -- Apple_HFS > hdb6 -- not mounted -- Apple_HFS > hdb7 -- not available --- Apple_Free # SuSE linux /boot > hdb8 -- not available -- Apple_Free # was SuSE root partition > > I'm willing to re-install debian if necessary... I need access to the > old data.
This is pretty confusing; can you post the results of mac-fdisk -l and mount /dev/hdb8 /oldsuse ? -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)