input output error
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Tue Jul 10 11:14:22 UTC 2007
hui xu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could anybody tell me how to recover the data from my
> harddisk? My problem is:
>
> I have stored all my photoes and software in an
> harddisk connected by USB to my linux box. I have not
> used it for half year. recently I try to mount ( mount
> -a /dev/sda /bigfoot) it to my linux box to get the
> data, I got the errors "/dev/sda: Input/output error
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type"
>
Normally, you have to specify a partition, such as /dev/sda1. You've
only specified a device.
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