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

[Larry Shields]

Justin wrote:
> It can't find /dev/sdb1 in fstab because that's a device, not a 
> partition. Your partition would be something like /dev/sdb1. If it's 
> still not in fstab, you can specify a location with: mount /dev/sdb1 
> /mnt/sdb1. You may have to create /mnt/sdb1
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net 
> <mailto:larryesu at charter.net>> wrote:
>
>     Neil wrote:
>     > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Larry Shields
>     <larryesu at charter.net <mailto: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
>
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In my fstab, it was not in there, so I added the /dev/sdb1 plus the 
UUID= xxxx xxx xxx etc, /   ext3   relatime,errors=remount-ro    0 1

It still will not mount, so now I have forgotten how to create the 
/mnt/sdb1...???

Larry

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