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hello there i am trying to access a drive - M which is a logical one.i have formatted it with ext3 file system and i would like to access the ...
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    Virtual Box - rhel5.5 logical drive cannot be mounted

    hello there i am trying to access a drive - M which is a logical one.i have formatted it with ext3 file system and i would like to access the drive all of
    30gb from Virtual-Box's Linux os.i am using RHEL 5.5 server in Virtual bOx on a Win XP Os.i have also tried various mount command but at times i get this protocol failed error,Also tried changing the default name given by the Vbox for the drive and tried mounting the same but no success.

    i am able to mount the other drives-NTFS partition even automatically since i have edited my /etc/fstab for this.that works but this partition which i created using the paragon partition software is of type ext3 which I am not able to mount

    Can someone take look at the screenshot and offer me some help.I have taken the screenshot from a live Ubuntu CD.

    ==========================================output of fdisk -l command in LINUX ON VBOX ===================
    [root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

    Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
    /dev/sda2 14 1044 8281507+ 8e Linux LVM
    [root@localhost ~]#

    ================================================== =====================

    Please help thanks
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    Last edited by getasif; 02-22-2011 at 05:54 AM.

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    According to this, the virtual disc is 8GB with 2 partitions, your root partition on /dev/sda1 and a logical volume on /dev/sda2. How did you generate the virtual disc, and what options did you give virtualbox when you did it. Last question - which version of VBox are you running?
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