I am trying to mount an external hard disk
[root@sysadmin ~]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/HDD/
mount: you must specify the file system type
but i am getting error. So i specified the file system type
[root@sysadmin ~]# mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/HDD/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Step: 1
I checked HDD detected or not, using following command
[root@sysadmin ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd967d967
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 31871 256000000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 31871 60419 229313536 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 60419 60802 3072000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398933504 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x584d2cea
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 243201 1953512001 7 HPFS/NTFS
HDD detected. Hard disk name /dev/sdb1
Step:2
I installed the fuse-ntfs-3g-2010.10.2-1.el5.rf.x86_64 rpm package.
# yum install fuse-ntfs
or
# wget http://marush.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ntfs-3g-200921-el5i686.rpm
# rpm -ivh ntfs-3g-200921-el5i686.rpm
After installed that package again i tried
[root@sysadmin ~]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/HDD/
I mounted the External HDD.
[root@sysadmin ~]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/HDD/
mount: you must specify the file system type
but i am getting error. So i specified the file system type
[root@sysadmin ~]# mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/HDD/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Solution:
Step: 1
I checked HDD detected or not, using following command
[root@sysadmin ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd967d967
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 31871 256000000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 31871 60419 229313536 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 60419 60802 3072000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398933504 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x584d2cea
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 243201 1953512001 7 HPFS/NTFS
HDD detected. Hard disk name /dev/sdb1
Step:2
I installed the fuse-ntfs-3g-2010.10.2-1.el5.rf.x86_64 rpm package.
# yum install fuse-ntfs
or
# wget http://marush.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ntfs-3g-200921-el5i686.rpm
# rpm -ivh ntfs-3g-200921-el5i686.rpm
After installed that package again i tried
[root@sysadmin ~]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/HDD/
I mounted the External HDD.