rpowersau at gmail.com wrote: >Why hdb2? Have you tried hdb0, hdb1, ...? > > One thing you haven't told us is the mount command you are trying to use... If it's mount /dev/hda2 /mnt it is not going to work, because /mnt is not a mountpoint; it is a directory too high. Try... mkdir /mnt/newdrive mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/newdrive Does that work? Sean