root at 1[knoppix]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 4463 4475 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 4476 9726 42178657+ 8e Linux LVM So when I try to mount /dev/sda3 on a mount point (say on an existing directory /mnt/linux), mount asks for the type of filesystem. I know it's ext3 and I specify the same. It spits an error saying that it can't find an ext3 filesystem on /dev/sda3. Here's the /etc/fstab on FC 5: [root at FC5 ~]# cat /etc/fstab /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 [root at FC5 ~]# I tried mounting /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00, and it says there's no such partition. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong and how I can mount the "/" from Knoppix? Thanks, V. ------=_Part_25459_4744759.1163867696390 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div><font face="courier new,monospace">I am trying to mount the root filesystem of a FC 5 installation from a Knoppix Live CD. The root filesystem is setup on a logical volume.</font></div> <div><font face="courier new,monospace"></font> </div> <div><font face="courier new,monospace">From Knoppix, fdisk -l gives me:</font></div> <div><font face="courier new,monospace"></font> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">root at 1[knoppix]# fdisk -l</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">/dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS </span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">/dev/sda2 4463 4475 104422+ 83 Linux</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> /dev/sda3 4476 9726 42178657+ 8e Linux LVM</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">So when I try to mount /dev/sda3 on a mount point (say on an existing directory /mnt/linux), mount asks for the type of filesystem. I know it's ext3 and I specify the same. It spits an error saying that it can't find an ext3 filesystem on /dev/sda3. </span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">Here's the /etc/fstab on FC 5:</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">[root at FC5 ~]# cat /etc/fstab</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 </span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 </span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0</span><br style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">[root at FC5 ~]#</span></font></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"></span></font></span></font></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">I tried mounting /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00, and it says there's no such partition. </span></font></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"></span></font></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"></span></font></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">Any ideas on what I am doing wrong and how I can mount the "/" from Knoppix?</span></font></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"></span></font></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">Thanks,</span></font></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"><font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">V.</span></font></span></div> ------=_Part_25459_4744759.1163867696390--