Inexperienced with shell, however, trying to learn how to use terminal to fix mount problem.

[Steven Vollom]

Robert Parker wrote:
> OK, going back a while you said you did not have permission to use the 
> partition you want to use for data.
> Please post the output of using the command:
> mount
> just like that, no options. That should get to the bottom of your 
> permissions problem.
> Bob
steven at Studio25:~$ mount
/dev/sdb1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda5 on /media/sda5 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sda7 on /media/sda7 type ext3 (rw)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
steven at Studio25:~$
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Steven Vollom 
> <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net <mailto:stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>     My sdb 5 partition is unusable.  sdb1 is the partition that
>     contains my
>     OS.  sdb5 is empty with an access denied.  Additionally, sda1 is ext3
>     bootable 15gb I would like to put Intrepid in there, but haven't been
>     able.  Below is my current fdisk -l.
>     This stuff is above my head; perhaps not after today.
>
>     Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>     Disk identifier: 0x47a447a3
>
>       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>     /dev/sda1   *           1        1824    14651248+  83  Linux
>     /dev/sda2            1825       24792   184490460    f  W95 Ext'd
>     (LBA)
>     /dev/sda5           16523       24792    66428775   83  Linux
>     /dev/sda6            1825        2006     1461852   82  Linux swap
>     / Solaris
>     /dev/sda7            2007       16522   116599738+  83  Linux
>
>     Partition table entries are not in disk order
>
>     Disk /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
>     255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
>     Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>     Disk identifier: 0xffffffff
>
>       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>     /dev/sdb1               1        2591    20812176   83  Linux
>     /dev/sdb2            2592        2856     2128612+  82  Linux swap
>     / Solaris
>     /dev/sdb3            2857        9964    57095010    5  Extended
>     /dev/sdb5            2857        9964    57094978+  83  Linux
>
>     If it helps to know, sda2 and sda5 are storage.  sdb5 is intended
>     storage.  I am sure you can probably see that partitioning and
>     mounting
>     were done by an inexperienced user with little knowledge of how to
>     perform the task.  It was done by experimentation and mostly works.
>     Thanks for any help you may provide that straightens it out and makes
>     sdb5 functional.  Also, I would just love to drop a live Intrepid
>     CD in
>     the ROM and have it request install on sda1.  Thanks in advance
>     for your
>     help and patience with me.
>
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