It is also possible that you are supplying the wrong type, just as the error message indicates. While Win95 can be made to format and install itself on a fat16 partition, I think it will prefer a newer type partition, which I think linux recognizes as "vfat". Try mount -t vfat ........
Mike On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 10:57:41AM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Forgive me if this is obvious, but is your first one mounted on /mnt? You > can of course have only one filesystem mounted at a given mountpoint. > > ap > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology > (Soon: Asst Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > > On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, William Staniewicz wrote: > > > I have no problem mounting my initial FAT16 partition, > > but am unable to mount the 2nd one. The 2nd one was added > > recently following the installation of Windows95 and Debian > > Linux (in that order). > > > > I use this to mount: > > > > mount -t msdos /dev/hda3 /mnt > > > > This is what I get back: > > > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda3, > > or too many mounted file systems > > > > Below is my partitioning: > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 * 1 69 278176+ 6 FAT16 > > /dev/hda2 124 250 512064 39 Unknown > > /dev/hda3 70 123 217728 6 FAT16 > > /dev/hda4 251 782 2145024 5 Extended > > /dev/hda5 251 266 64480+ 82 Linux swap > > /dev/hda6 267 782 2080480+ 83 Linux > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > -Bill > > The "unknown" partition is a Plan 9 one. Also, when in > > Windows I am able to access the second partition. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
