Em Qua, 2002-06-19 às 02:18, Aaron Maxwell escreveu: > I just realized something interesting. Before I tried repartitioning > as described in my original message (below), I had hda2 as a smaller > partition containing the HURD. When I mount the new /dev/hda2, its > size is 926 MB, and it contains all the old hurd files. I did not > write it down and can't remember, but I think this size - just under a > gig - is what I made the HURD partition long ago. > > So the partition table is correct; however, when the OS actually is up > and running, the kernel somehow is confused, and acts as if it still > has the OLD partition table. (It's not the geometry at all like I > originally thought.) What could cause this behavior? >
Did you format (mkfs) those 2 partitions before trying to mount them? Seems the kernel sees your old formatation on hda2 and no formatation on hda3 Michel. > Thanks, > Aaron > > On Tuesday 18 June 2002 20:37, Aaron Maxwell wrote: > > Hi, I'm running woody with kernel 2.4.18. (This is a custom kernel - > > I downloaded the source, and built it with make-kpkg.) My hard drive > > is 20 GB with three primary partions: > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 * 1 1459 11719386 83 Linux > > /dev/hda2 1460 1945 3903795 83 Linux > > /dev/hda3 1946 2495 4417875 83 Linux > > > > This means that hda1 is 11.7GB, hda2 is 3.9GB, and hda3 is 4.4 GB. > > (hda1 has existed for a while: hda2 and hda3 are new partitions.) > > However, when I mount them, problems ensue: > > > > (hda1 is already mounted on /) > > shiznit:~# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 > > shiznit:~# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 > > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > shiznit:~# mount -t ext2 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda3, > > or too many mounted file systems > > shiznit:~# df -h > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda1 11G 4.5G 6.0G 43% / > > /dev/hda2 926M 65M 814M 8% /mnt/hda2 > > > > Note that: > > 1) /dev/hda2 is smaller than it should be. > > 2) /dev/hda3 could not be mounted at all. > > > > I tried the partitioning with fdisk, cfdisk, and parted (I decided > > not to try sfdisk yet). Same results, except parted produced this > > warning: Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on > > /dev/hda is 2495/255/63. Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at 8032.499M. > > > > I'm not clear on what to try next. Anyone? Thanks in advance. > > > > Aaron > > > -- > 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]
