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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by B12Org, Aug 21, 2003.

  1. B12Org

    B12Org Well-Known Member

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    I need to mount the old hard drive on my server (it crashed and the datacenter put on a new one), but I can not get it to work. I have tried:

    mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt/old/
    mount ext3 /dev/hdc2 /mnt/old/

    Nothing seems to work.

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    Maybe
    mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc2 /mnt/old
    if hdc2 is the partition you want and /mnt/old is the directory on that partition.

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    Tried that one already also.

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    What does
    fdisk -l /dev/hdc
    give you?

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    bash: fdisk: command not found

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    That's unusual. I think I read somewhere that some systems use a different command, but I don't remember what it was. All that command was for is to give you a list of partitions.

    Does your server provider charge you if you ask them to mount the drive?

    Maybe this link will help. It's where I first started figuring out how to do partitioning and mounting.

    From what I understand, the only way
    mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc2 /mnt/old
    won't work is if either the partition is not hdc2, (the 2nd primary partition), or the directory is not /mnt/old. That line is saying to mount the directory "mnt/old" to the 2nd primary partition.

    My guess is it's probably not the correct directory name.

    Does WHM tell you there is a drive to be mounted?

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    Yes, it does, but whm wants me to format it, and I need the data.

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    I would ask your provider for the necessary data. They can't charge for that.

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    ok, Well I supose it couldnt hurt to ask, and they cant charge me to ask I guess.

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    I used this guy for my cpanel from rackshack. Then after I used the data on it I used whm to format and mount. Then whm shows it right.

    cd /
    mkdir backup
    mount /dev/hdc1 backup
    cd /backup
    ls

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    fdisk not in path?

    try
    /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hdc


    /akm

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