problem mounting filesystem

[Anu Matthew]

Wierd. Perhaps the labelling?

Try w/o labelling it: mkfs.ext3 -j -m 1 /dev/hdd1

also, attach o/p of:

fdisk -l

blockdev --getsize /dev/hdd

blockdev --getsize /dev/hdd1


Bill Tangren wrote:

> Anu Matthew wrote:
>
>> Are you sure /home2 is blank? Anything inside /home2 already?
>>
>> Try to mount /dev/hdd1 elsewhere:
>>
>> mkdir /home4; mount /dev/hdd1 /home4
>>
>> --AM
>>
>
>
> I did before I posted the question. It makes no difference.
>
> Bill
>