After creating and formatting a partition I still can not mount it. What could be wrong?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • While trying to mount a filesystem with mount -t ext3 <device> <mount point> the the following error is written to the terminal:

    mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on,
        or too many mounted file systems
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise linux 4
  • Filesystem ext3

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In
Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.