On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server, cannot mount previously working iSCSI device ('wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock')

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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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