Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:54:06 -0500 From: Damon Butler <damon@hddesign.com> To: Erik Greenwald <erik@smluc.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Error mounting Linux ext2fs drive Message-ID: <415D617E.4090509@hddesign.com> In-Reply-To: <20040930144246.GA26630@phoenix.smluc.org> References: <415C0C84.8000906@hddesign.com> <20040930144246.GA26630@phoenix.smluc.org>
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>>Now here's the frustrating bit. Time has passed and the machine has been >>shut down and rebooted a few times. After that initial success, I have >>never been able to mount that !$!@#$ drive again. I invariably get a >> >> Operation not permitted >> >>error. What gives? How can I retrieve my former happiness? >>--Damon > > this is the default error spewed out when the linux file system is not > clean. (I.E. it was not unmounted properly on the shutdown where it > ceased working) This is the problem! Thank you! As soon as I rebuilt the journal (it's actually an ext3 filesystem) I could mount the drive again. Happiness is a mounted hard drive. --Damon
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