problem mounting filesystem

[Anu Matthew]

Are you sure /home2 is blank? Anything inside /home2 already?

Try to mount /dev/hdd1 elsewhere:

mkdir /home4; mount /dev/hdd1 /home4

--AM

Bill Tangren wrote:

> I am having a problem mounting a file system on a hard disk that I 
> installed in a backup computer. The BIOS recognizes the existence of 
> the hard disk. I am able to use fdisk to partition the disk, and 
> mke2fs to put an ext3 filesystem on it. Mounting it produces an error. 
> I am NOT using LVM. This is what I did:
>
>
> [root at aa2 ~]# fdisk /dev/hdd
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 58168.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
> and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
>    (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Command (m for help): n
> Command action
>    e   extended
>    p   primary partition (1-4)
> p
> Partition number (1-4): 1
> First cylinder (1-58168, default 1):
> Using default value 1
> Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-58168, default 58168):
> Using default value 58168
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hdd: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
> 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 58168 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hdd1               1       58168    29316640+  83  Linux
>
> Command (m for help): w
> The partition table has been altered!
>
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
> Syncing disks.
> [root at aa2 ~]# mke2fs -j -L /home2 /dev/hdd1
> mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
> Filesystem label=/home2
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=4096 (log=2)
> Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
> 3670016 inodes, 7329160 blocks
> 366458 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
> First data block=0
> Maximum filesystem blocks=8388608
> 224 block groups
> 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
> 16384 inodes per group
> Superblock backups stored on blocks:
>         32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 
> 2654208,
>         4096000
>
> Writing inode tables: done
> Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
>
> This filesystem will be automatically checked every 28 mounts or
> 180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
> [root at aa2 ~]#
>
> /dev/hdd1               /home2                  ext3    
> defaults        1 1
> [root at aa2 ~]# mount /home2
> mount: /dev/hdd1 already mounted or /home2 busy
> [root at aa2 ~]# mount /dev/hdd1
> mount: /dev/hdd1 already mounted or /home2 busy
> [root at aa2 ~]# umount /dev/hdd1
> umount: /dev/hdd1: not mounted
> [root at aa2 ~]#
>
>
>
>
> As you can see, there are no errors until I try to mount. I've looked 
> at the mount point and see no problems. Any suggestions?
>
> Bill Tangren
>