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After reinstalling RedHat Linux, how can I re-mount secondary hard drive?

I have a Redhat 9 linux system that suffered a system hard drive failure. I have reinstalled the system, would like to restore access to the secondary drive, hdb.

I try the command: mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /data

I get the error:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1,

or too many mounted file systems

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  • Mike W
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Does the disk have more than one partition? If it only had one partition, i.e. the whole disk, you might try mounting as hdb.

    mount /dev/hdb /data

    or

    mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb /data

    if it has more than one partition, then the first partition is 0.

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