Fix this by 'mkdir /mnt/sda10', then do the mount again.
It is complaining that the directory '/mnt/sda10' does not exist, and
mount does not create it for you....
Rusty
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:plug-discuss-
> bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of joe@actionline.com
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:08 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: How to mount a hidden partition?
>
> joe wrote:
> > Why does the mount syntax shown below fail to work to mount the
named
> > hidden partition on my system?
> >
> > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 10 Jan 24 11:27 sda10
> >
> > mount -t ext4 /dev/sda10 /mnt/sda10
>
> ----------------
> ET wrote:
> > Pls show me the output of:
> > cat /proc/partitions
> >
> > And the error message you get.
> >
> > There is no such a thing as a 'hidden partition'.
>
> -----------------
> The partition is "hidden" (to me) in the sense that it does not appear
> when I use the command 'df'
>
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda5 15307020 4912896 9626124 34% /
> udev 1020708 12 1020696 1% /dev
> tmpfs 412276 1232 411044 1% /run
> none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
> none 1030680 96 1030584 1% /run/shm
> /dev/sda6 71559236 17893876 50081360 27% /home
>
> # mount -t ext4 /dev/sda10 /mnt/sda10 ... returns this error message:
>
> mount: mount point /mnt/sda10 does not exist
>
> $ cat /proc/partitions
> major minor #blocks name
> 8 0 244198584 sda
> 8 1 102400 sda1
> 8 2 37280768 sda2
> 8 3 26291384 sda3
> 8 4 1 sda4
> 8 5 15360000 sda5
> 8 6 71680000 sda6
> 8 7 3072000 sda7
> 8 8 12586896 sda8
> 8 9 4088511 sda9
> 8 10 73722253 sda10
> 11 0 4399296 sr0
>
>
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