On 2003.01.27 19:20 Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
# dd if=/dev/hda6 bs=1k count=50 | file -On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 23:27, will trillich wrote: > i've found an old (debian slink?) drive around the house, and > plugged it in -- but i can't mount most of the partitions! > > root# sfdisk -l /dev/hdb > > Disk /dev/hdb: 4956 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track > Warning: The partition table looks like it was made > for C/H/S=*/128/63 (instead of 4956/16/63). > For this listing I'll assume that geometry. > Units = cylinders of 4128768 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 > > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 * 0+ 3 4- 16127+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb2 4 64 61 245952 83 Linux > /dev/hdb3 65 618 554 2233728 5 Extended > /dev/hdb4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > /dev/hdb5 65+ 573 509- 2052287+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb6 574+ 618 45- 181439+ 82 Linux swap > > yes, i know, that's an awful place for the swap partition. i > know, i know. i'm feeling much better now -- this was a few > years back, when i set this puppy up. it sure would be nice to > mount it and recover the things i'm interested in... > > i'll try mounting partitions hdb1, hdb2 and hdb5: > > root: /mnt# mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/1/ > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1, > or too many mounted file systems > > hmm! maybe if i leave off the trailing / no the mount-point-- > > root: /mnt# mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/1 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1, > or too many mounted file systems > > nope. let's try partition 2 for fun: > > root: /mnt# mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/2 > > no complaints -- IT WORKED? hmm! how about partition 5: > > root: /mnt# mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb5 /mnt/5 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb5, > or too many mounted file systems > > can't mount #1 or #5? but #2 is okay? > > root: /mnt# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda2 182M 47M 126M 27% / > /dev/hda1 7.6M 5.3M 1.9M 73% /boot > /dev/hda5 228M 203M 13M 94% /home > /dev/hda6 1.8G 828M 953M 47% /usr > /dev/hda7 1.5G 1.4G 133M 92% /var > /dev/hdb2 232M 24M 196M 11% /mnt/2 <== this one's okay > > hdb[125] are all "Linux" filesystem type 83 (ext2, right)? but > only hdb2 would mount? very much odd, here. > > ideas? (i think this was my slink disk drive -- i'd like to use > it to alleviate some space pressure on my woody server...) > > -- > I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; > Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown > > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #94 from Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > How do you RESTORE THE DEFAULT PERMISSIONS back on the / tree? > If you have a clean host with very similar filesystem contents, > try this: > ssh root@okayhost "find / -regex '/\(mnt\|proc\|tmp\)/.*' -prune -or \ > -not -type l -not -type s -printf '%04.4m %u %g %p\n' " \ > | while read mode user group path > do > chown $user.$group $path > chmod $mode $path > done > Alternatively, create a huge script like this: > find / -regex '/\(mnt\|proc\|tmp\)/.*' -prune -or \ > -not -type l -not -type s -printf 'chown %u.%g %p\nchmod %m %p\n' \ > > fixperms.sh > And copy that to the broken machine and run "sh fixperms". > It might not fix all files, unless the two hosts are nearly > equal, but enough to let you find the missing ones to fix by > hand. Maybe /home/* will need special care. > > Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]Type 83 is not nessaeseraly ext2. it could be one of many file systems suported by linux. try ext3, reiserfs (or even xfs and jfs). Bye -- Haim
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standard input: Linux rev 1.0 ext2 filesystem data (mounted or unclean)
There may be a good reason not to do this, but it's always worked for me
HTH, Shaun.
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