New 64-bit Fedora Will Not Mount Similar 32-bit Filesystem

[Reindl Harald]

Am 04.11.2012 18:46, schrieb Alan Feuerbacher:

> I have many files on the 32-bit disk that
> I'd like to be able to access on the new 64-bit system, but so far I
> have not been able to mount the old disk. I've tried various "mount"
> commands with no success. I don't really understand the error messages
> when I try to mount the old disk.

first: there is no difference in the filesystem between i686/x86_64

> [root at alan-fedora alan]# mount /dev/sdc /mnt/fedora32
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc,
>        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail or so

/dev/sdc != /dev/sdc1

why do you try to mount the whole disk instead
a partitionwith a filesystem on it?

> I think that one thing that's happening is that the LVM software is
> getting confused by the fact that both the 32-bit and 64-bit
> installations have the same names for the LVM volumes (or whatever the
> proper terminology is). But I don't know what to do to straighten out
> the confusion

that may be, but above you do NOT try to access any LVM
you try to mount the whole disk

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