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

[Larry Shields]

Rashkae wrote:
> Larry Shields wrote:
>   
>> 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
>>
>>     
>
>
> Larry, based one what you have shown us so far, (and without reading the
> entire thread.) I strongly believe you have suffered fundamental and
> catastrophic hardware failure.
>
> I won't offer to help you here because there are simply too many
> variables to try passing back and forth over e-mail, but I offer this
> advise:
>
> If you care for the data on the drive for which you have no backup, I
> strongly suggest you bring the computer to an experienced technician
> (hopefully with some Linux knowledge, you may have to look around in
> your area to find one, but they do exist.)
>
> Be aware that if my prediction of your problem proves correct, the move
> you fudge with random advise you are likely to get from all corners of a
> public mailing list, the much greater chance you will loose all
> possibility of recovery.
>
>   
Hello Rashkae,

Thanks for the advice...The slave drive doesn't have any data that I 
really need...So my thought now is to install intrepid on it...

Larry

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