Format/Mount a new drive process failed or incomplete. Unable to mount.

[ronald.prism]

I'm on WHM 11.30.5 (build 3)


Did the "Format/Mount a new drive" function in cpanel but although we received the PROCESS COMPLETED message at the end, the newly formatted drive could not be mounted.

Mount point /home2

fdisk -l output:

# /sbin/fdisk -l


Disk /dev/sda: 251.0 GB, 251059544064 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes


Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 32 257008+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 33 30522 244910925 8e Linux LVM


Disk /dev/sdb: 251.0 GB, 251059544064 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes


Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 30522 245167933+ 83 Linux


/etc/fstab entry:
/dev/sdb1 /home2 ext3 defaults,usrquota 1 2


Attempts to mount manually result in:
# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so



# dmesg | tail
sdb: sdb1
SCSI device sdb: 490350672 512-byte hdwr sectors (251060 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
sdb: sdb1
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sdb1.


So at this point i believe the 2nd drive did not get formatted properly. Here is the displayed log during the format/mount operation:

p primary partition (1-4)
Partition number (1-4): Partition 1 is already defined. Delete it before re-adding it.


Command (m for help): Command (m for help): +: unknown command
Command action
a toggle a bootable flag
b edit bsd disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
d delete a partition
l list known partition types
m print this menu
n add a new partition
o create a new empty DOS partition table
p print the partition table
q quit without saving changes
s create a new empty Sun disklabel
t change a partition's system id
u change display/entry units
v verify the partition table
w write table to disk and exit
x extra functionality (experts only)


Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered!


Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
Partitioned sdb
tune2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Formatted sdb
Mounted sdb


Turning Quotas on for the new drive


Linux Quota Support
Quotas are now on
Warning : Your system does not have a separate filesystem for backups. This may cause performance degradation during the backup process.
/dev/sdb1 (enabling quotas)
Updating Quota Files......
quotacheck: Scanning /dev/mapper/SysVolGroup-LogVolRoot [/]
...
quotacheck: Checked 36743 directories and 357767 files
quotacheck: Can't create new quotafile //aquota.user.new: File exists
quotacheck: Cannot initialize IO on new quotafile: File exists
done



quotacheck: Scanning /dev/mapper/SysVolGroup-LogVolRoot [/]
....
quotacheck: Checked 36742 directories and 357765 files
done

....Done
PROCESS COMPLETE


Can someone please help and tell me how to correct this?


Thank you!

[techs4gnu]

Hello,

Run the following commands as root via SSH.

#mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 - this will format sdb1 with ext3 FS

When it completes, try to mount the drive using

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

Post the results back here!

Thank you,
Nibin.

[techs4gnu]

Hello,

If your OS supports ext4, I recoemmend you to try ext4 instead.

#mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
#tune2fs -m 0 /dev/sdb1 - this will ensure the reserved space is et to 0%
#mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

Thank you,
Nibin.

[ronald.prism]

That worked. Thank you.

Unfortunately the installed OS does not support ext4.


Best,
Ronald