trouble installing DSL

**Javmaz** · 12-07-2005

alright, I did 3 of them with ease but on the last one i got this:

Code:

wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1,
       or too many mounted file systems

**smolloy** · 12-07-2005

What do you mean you did three of them with ease?? Which ones?? Were any of the "mount" commands successful??
I'm guessing you were successful with mounting /dev/hda1 but not /dev/hdb1??

The command I gave you was to mount hdb1 as fat32, so I guess it's not formatted as fat32, or it's not formatted at all. If you're sure you want to format it then do this,

Code:

sudo mk2fs /dev/hdb1

(this will format it as ext2)
or

Code:

mk2fs -j /dev/hdb1

(will format it as ext3)

You might want to unplug your ntfs windows drive before you start this process to make sure that nothing happens to it. Do this,

Code:

sudo umount /dev/hda1

**Javmaz** · 12-07-2005

When I try to unmount hda1 this happens:

Code:

umount&#58; /dev/hda1&#58; not mounted

And when I try to format hdb1 it says this:

Code:

sudo&#58; mk2fs&#58; command not found

**smolloy** · 12-07-2005

Try "mkfs" instead of "mk2fs"

**Javmaz** · 12-07-2005

Ok I've done that and this is what happened-

Code:

mke2fs 1.34-WIP &#40;21-May-2003&#41;
Filesystem label=
OS type&#58; Linux
Block size=4096 &#40;log=2&#41;
Fragment size=4096 &#40;log=2&#41;
1245184 inodes, 2488059 blocks
124402 blocks &#40;5.00%&#41; reserved for the super user
First data block=0
76 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16384 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks&#58; 
        32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632

Then I waited a little bit and it said:

Code:

Writing inode tables&#58; 42/76^&#91;&#91;A^&#91;&#91;A^&#91;&#91;B^&#91;&#91;B^&#91;&#91;C^&#91;&#91;^&#91;&#91;D^&#91;&#91;D^&#91;&#91;Cdone                                                                                                                  
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information&#58; done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 22 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

Is this what is meant to happen? What should I do now?

**smolloy** · 12-07-2005

Don't worry, that is all exactly as expected

It should now be formatted as ext2 and ready for linux. You can test it by trying to mount hdb1 again.

**Javmaz** · 12-07-2005

uh-oh. when i type that it says

Code:

mount&#58; can't find hdb1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

What should I do?

**smolloy** · 12-07-2005

Code:

sudo mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows/E

**Javmaz** · 12-07-2005

this happens:

Code:

mount&#58; mount point /mnt/windows/E does not exist

Also, I think I have installed dsl now, but how do I make it so that it asks me wether I want to boot dsl or windows at startup?

**smolloy** · 12-07-2005

Originally Posted by Javmaz

this happens:

Code:

mount&#58; mount point /mnt/windows/E does not exist

You need to use "mkdir" to make the folder you want to mount it to. But it's not important if you've already installed DSL.

Originally Posted by Javmaz

Also, I think I have installed dsl now, but how do I make it so that it asks me wether I want to boot dsl or windows at startup?

Are you sure you have installed DSL?? How did you do it??

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