[nataku]

i am trying to install a new hd in my RH 8.0 system. It's connected via a Syba Ultra133 IDE controller, I formatted it as /dev/hde1 as type ext2. I could format it using mkefs and I added the entry into /etc/fstab to mount it, here's the entry:

"/dev/hde1 /mnt/hde1 ext3 default 2 1"

However, when I type "mount /mnt/hde1" it doesn't mount, it gives me an error:

"mount: mount point /mnt/hde1 does not exist"

any ideas why? thanks

[Whiteskin]

have you made the directory /mnt/hde1?

[nataku]

nope, but now it's made and i'm getting this error:

wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hde1, or too many mounted file systems.....hmmmm....

[lynch]

Try this:
mount /dev/hde1 /mnt/hde1
HTH
lynch

[codejockey]

Well, you do have a slight mismatch in filesystem types. You say that you formatted the filesystem as ext2, yet you are trying to mount it as ext3 (the journaling version of ext2). I haven't tried the experiment, but it seems possible that the mount command is reacting to the difference.

Hope this helps.

[nataku]

well i thought ext2 is a child of ext3 and it can be used interchangeably with ext2?

lynch: that worked, thanks! but i'm curious, why do I have to specify both /dev/hde1 and /mnt//hde1?

[tnik]

you need to specify both because one is the device, the other is the mount point, the mount command needs to know where to mount the device to, or else you would end up having a device mounted with no way of accessing it..

[nataku]

ahhh ok, i get it now, but in many of the examples, other people didn't do that, oh well, it's working now

[tnik]

for example, if the /dev/hdb1 device is noted in the /etc/fstab file with a mount point /mnt/hdb1, then using the "mount /dev/hdb1" would work, but if not, then you have to specify the device and mount point..