John Summerfield wrote: > Lance Earl wrote: > >> I am considering changing my server from Ubuntu to Centos. I have been >> tinkering with a box that will eventually become a new server. I am >> having a problem. >> >> This box has two ide drives. Originally I had a Ubuntu desktop installed >> on hda and then added a Centos server installed on hdb. I wanted to try >> a different server configuration without overwriting the current install >> on hdb. With the server on hdb running, I mounted hda and copied some >> important files from the Ubuntu drive to the Centos drive. >> I installed a another instance of centos on hda and everything worked >> fine. With the hda install running, I have attempted to mount hdb so >> that I can retrieve my files. The problem I have is that when I mount >> the drive I am taken to the boot directory on hdb and cannot navigate to >> the directory that holds my files. >> >> How do I get access to the rest of the drive? > > > Mount the other partition:-) After I sent this it occurred to me that filesystem labels may be biting you. Probably, you have two partitions with each filesystem label. Linux tends to choose the Wrong One. Change /etc/fstab to use device names instead of filesystem labels. "mount the other partition" still applies, but if you're using LVM the device name has a long and convoluted name, and I don't know how you "mount the other one." -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list