Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 12:45:13 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: ernie@spooky.eis.net.au (Ernie Elu) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ext2fs Message-ID: <199603031945.MAA04424@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603030838.SAA01557@spooky.eis.net.au> from "Ernie Elu" at Mar 3, 96 06:38:53 pm
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> I was wondering what is the correct syntax for mounting a Linux ext2fs file > system? > > I tried mount -t ext2fs /dev/sd1 /mnt > > and it gave:- > > Wrong magic number: 8867 (expected ef53 for EXT2FS) > > The patition I am trying to mount is on a 540MB SCSI driver set to SCSI ID=2 > and the drive contains 1 partition that is formatted under linux. You are trying to mount the raw device (8867 is the DOS partition table); use the correct slice for the partition. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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