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To use a partition you need to create a mount point in the /mnt/ directory and mount the drive to it. Code below:
mkdir /mnt/partition
mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/partition
The partition name above can be substituted for any name you like. The partition name (hda2) might be wrong.
I created a logical partition on my second drive (hdb) and it was referenced in linux by /dev/hdb5. Try to create the directory and then mount the drive if that command doesn't work substitute hda5 for hda2.
If the partition is on second drive use hdb.
try
mount -t <filesystem type> /dev/(fill this) /mnt/(fill this)
to see the file system type etc.try 'man mount'.
I am saying this cos' you have not mentiones which partition are you going to mount.also,try 'fdisk -l' to see all partitions.
sorry,i was a bit late in the above post.
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if that was a linux partition,try 'cat /proc/partitions' or 'fdisk -l' to see the partition.
and then change directory to the partition.(ie cd <partition name>)
[root@localhost hubcaps]# mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /mnt/partition
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@localhost hubcaps]# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda2 /mnt/partition
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2,
or too many mounted file systems
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