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

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!

 

That worked. Thank you.

Unfortunately the installed OS does not support ext4.


Best,
Ronald