[NTLUG:Discuss] recuse the data

[Terry Henderson]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:36:14 +0000, m m <llliiilll at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Just get the chance to try.
> 
> I got this error:
> 
> Could not mount device.
> The reported error was:
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1 (it was the
> only hd on the system)
> or too many mounted file system.
> 
> Any ideals?
> 

You've not given us much information to work with.
What filesystem is on the drive?
What command did you use to mount it?
Does it spin up?  (Can you hear it spin up?)

If it is fat32 or fat16, (win98 or ME), try:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/[mountpoint] 
if it is ntfs try:
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/[mountpoint]

Listen to see if it will spin up when you issue mount commands, (just
out of curiosity, to see if it spin's up), and / or listen to it as
you boot the computer and see if it spins up on bootup.

May be that the drive is just not readable anymore, ruined beyond
point of being able to read it anymore, but just don't know for sure
at this point, not enough info to make a judgement call for sure, with
the info you've given us so far.