mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda5, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so pandora:~# tail /var/log/syslog Oct 6 14:26:58 pandora kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on hda5 Oct 6 14:27:10 pandora kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on hda5 Oct 6 14:29:38 pandora kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on hda5 Oct 6 14:32:03 pandora kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on hda5 pandora:~#