On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server, cannot mount previously working iSCSI device ('wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock')
Issue
When trying to mount an iSCSI device, the following error occurs:
# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb /data/aledat
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
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