problem mounting ext3 fs

[jEd]

I am trying to mount a ext3 partition but i get an error when i try this:

# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb3 /home/ES/new
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb3,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

This is my fdisk output

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
/dev/hda2              14        9729    78043770   8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        5099    40957686    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2            5100        5112      104422+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb3            5113       14952    79039800   8e  Linux LVM

I'm not to experienced in the world of linux and i consider myself to be a total noob, for now .
If you need to know anything else about my system let me know.
Thank you for your help in advanced.

Ed.

[devils casper]

you can't mount partition that is marked as physical volume directly. You need to access logical volumes on it through LVM devices (usually /dev/vg-name/lv-name).





Casper