Can not access my slave drive...Need help!

[Kim Goldenberg]

Larry Shields wrote:
> Neil wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net> wrote:
>>   
>>> *As of this morning I no-longer can access my slave drive, which has
>>> ubuntu 8.04 on it...
>>>
>>> Upon booting up, I use the arrow key to move down to my second drive,
>>> hit enter it then tells me Error 22: No such partition and no format
>>> arguments...
>>>
>>> I then tried Knoppix 5.1 to see if it would access the slave drive, what
>>> it told me as could not mount device...
>>>
>>> The reported error was:
>>> mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified...
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me out as to what I may need to do, to be able to once
>>> again access the slave drive, without loosing what I have on it...
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance Larry
>>> *
>>>     
>> Hi
>>
>> First: do you have a backup?
>> Can you please post the error message that says you can't mount it?
>> Can you SMART test it using Knoppix?
>> Have you checked the cable? (I have seen someone with an inexplicable
>> hole in an IDE cable, in a PC that hasn't been open for a year. He
>> hasn't been able to tell me how it happend)
>>
>> Hope I can help
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
> Hello Neil,
> 
> Know I do not have a backup...
> 
> When trying to use the command mount, it  says can't find /dev/sdb in 
> /etc/fstab, thats all...
> 
> Now how do you SMART TEST it using Knoppix...???
> 
> Larry
> 

Have you checked if the drive is visible in the BIOS when you boot up? 
If not, a cable might have gotten loose. Check the hardware side - loose 
connectors (data and power). If possible move it to a different connect 
or temporarily to test if it works there.

Kim