ted_zas Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 mkdir /mnt/portabel You typed the above, and then: mount /dev/sdb1 -t vfat /mnt/portable the slight difference being the spelling of "portable" which is why it didn't work. Make sure /mnt/portable exists, or even /mnt/portabel as it was originally created as: ls -l /mnt and then change accordingly to the spelling of portable, or create portable. You should find that once it's created, the mount point will be accessible, and hopefully you should see your files. Try again let us know how you get on. Hello, I think I should of check my spelling and then fixed it. I did retype it into the /mnt/portable directory, I hope. It seems like we keep getting closer and closer. I want to say that I will not be able to respond to your assistance for the next few days so plese do not give up on me just because I have not tried the next suggestion. I have to leave town and attend some family matters in another state for a few days. I am in Michigan and need to go to Wisconsin, USA, As soon as I get back I will try any additional suggestions. At times investing in a laptop sounds like a good idea and this is one of them but it is not the time right now. Anyhow as I said I believe that I did change the directory name. The following is a copy of the screen. [ted@localhost Desktop]$ su Password: [root@localhost Desktop]# ls /mnt/ cdrom/ cdrom2/ floppy/ portabel/ win_c/ win_c2/ win_d/ [root@localhost Desktop]# mk bash: mk: command not found [root@localhost Desktop]# mkdir /mnt/portable [root@localhost Desktop]# mount /dev/sdbl -t viat /mnt/portable mount: unknown filesystem type 'viat' [root@localhost Desktop]# mount /dev/sdbl -t vfat /mnt/portable mount: special device /dev/sdbl does not exist [root@localhost Desktop]# mount /dev/sdb -t vfat /mnt/portable mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so [root@localhost Desktop]# /mnt/portable bash: /mnt/portable: is a directory [root@localhost Desktop]# ls -1 /mnt cdrom/ cdrom2/ floppy/ portabel/ portable/ win_c/ win_c2/ win_d/ [root@localhost Desktop]# Thanks for your patience and help. I'll be back in a few days. ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 It's not sdbl using the letter "l", it's sdb1 using the number "1". You were suppose to run as root: # mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/portable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_zas Posted September 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 It's not sdbl using the letter "l", it's sdb1 using the number "1". You were suppose to run as root: # mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/portable Hello All, I know that I really am messing something up here. I have deleted and remade teh /mnt/portable directory. I did go to HardDrake to confirm that the drive is being seen there. First the HardDrake results then those from my terminal. Note, I also did try the 'sdb1' and 'sdb' with the same results. I thought maybe without the '1' it would show. It didn't so we are still close, real close Identification Vendor: ?LaCie Description: ?LaCie Hard Drive USB Disk identifier: ?Maxtor 6E020L0 Media class: ?hd (Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk (Zip)) Bus identification Vendor ID: ?1439 Device ID: ?849 Connection Bus: ?SCSI (USB) (1) Channel: ?0 Logical unit number: ?0 Device Old device file: ?/dev/sdb New devfs device: ?/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc Partitions Primary partitions: ?2 (sdb1, sdb2) Misc Device USB ID: ?5 Geometry: ?19881/64/32 (CHS) Disk controller: ?1 Module: ?usb-storage (usb-storage) ------------ from terminal window ------------- [root@localhost ~]# ls -l /mnt total 36 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 16 20:46 cdrom/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 16 20:46 cdrom2/ drwxrwxrwx 0 root root 0 Sep 3 23:21 floppy/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 4 00:17 portable/ drwxrwxrwx 15 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 win_c/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Aug 16 22:47 win_c2/ drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 1969 win_d/ [root@localhost ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/portable mount: /dev/sdb1 is not a valid block device [root@localhost ~]# Thanks for your patience. ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 mount: /dev/sdb1 is not a valid block device That doesn't look good! Did you try fixing the partitions as I mentioned before? I think what you might need to do is this: fdisk /dev/sdb and then press "x" for advanced features, and then I think "v" for verify partition info, since it seems to think it's got problems with them as above (does not end on cylinder boundary message). And then see what it says. you need to do this. If it fails after this, then your partitions are knackered. If you have a Windows machine, try to use the disk in Windows and see the files, and if you can't, then your partitions got screwed at the same time as the rest of your machine did. If this is the case, you're only chance of recovery is sending the disk away to an expert, and the costs will be enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_zas Posted September 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Hello, I know that I did try to get the fdisk before but came up with nothing and did not persue it. Finally tried it again this time probably in the correct sequence of things. The following is what came up. [root@localhost mnt]# cd / [root@localhost /]# mount /dev/sdb1/ -t vfat /mnt/portable mount: special device /dev/sdb1/ does not exist [root@localhost /]# fdisk /dev/sdb The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 19881. 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): v Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition 1: head 255 greater than maximum 64 Partition 1: sector 255 greater than maximum 32 Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition 2: head 255 greater than maximum 64 Partition 2: sector 255 greater than maximum 32 Warning: partition 1 overlaps partition 2. Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition 3: sector 0 greater than maximum 32 19053329 unallocated sectors I take it that getting my files off of this drive (without a lot of expense) is a lost cause. I do want to thank everyone for all the time, patience, and advice. If nothing else I am now a little more familiaar with a few of the commands. I still have not been able to get back to the root. When I go ' /var/log/messages ' I end up with a not allowed warning. I put in the password but I think that is for another forum? Anyway thank you all your great. ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.Partition 1: head 255 greater than maximum 64 Partition 1: sector 255 greater than maximum 32 Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition 2: head 255 greater than maximum 64 Partition 2: sector 255 greater than maximum 32 Warning: partition 1 overlaps partition 2. Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition 3: sector 0 greater than maximum 32 19053329 unallocated sectors Your main problems are what have happened to the partitions. The verifying of it has just shown that the heads and sectors are exceeding the maximum limit. Not only that, you've attempted mounting, and it says it's not a valid block device. This all says to me that whatever happened to your PC at the time of the incident not only affected the hardware you thought, but also affected your disks. Sorry it seems it's a lost cause without spending a lot of money and even then it's not guaranteed recovery. All I can suggest is if you don't have a backup of your important stuff, to take a backup regularly in case you have future disk failure. That way, at least you can restore it from CD/DVD or whatever. Good luck and do come back :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patkos Csaba Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 If you just want to copy your files between different type of partitions I suggest 2 solutions: 1) Useing Windows: a) install Partition Magic ... it will recognise all amjor partition types, and you can right click on a partition and than "browse", if not, you should have somewhere in the menus a browse option; then just copy and paste them into the windows partition B) as I recall, totalcommander has a plugin for ext filesistems ... maybe raiserfs - I'm not shure 2) Linux: try what the others said ... anyway, at my pc, depending on the USB port I may find my flash stick at /dev/sda or /dev/sdb ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 providing your disk isn't corrupted, like in this case ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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