VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev dm-2.

[kamalakar]

unable to mount a partition in rhel 5.1

find the error as below.

[root@agni mpath]# mount -t ext3 /dev/dm-3 /u05san
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/dm-3,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so



Find the dmesg log,

VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev dm-2.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev dm-3.