Error mounting Linux ext2fs drive

[Damon Butler]

>>Now here's the frustrating bit. Time has passed and the machine has been 
>>shut down and rebooted a few times. After that initial success, I have 
>>never been able to mount that !$!@#$ drive again. I invariably get a
>>
>>    Operation not permitted
>>
>>error. What gives? How can I retrieve my former happiness?
>>--Damon
> 
> this is the default error spewed out when the linux file system is not
> clean. (I.E. it was not unmounted properly on the shutdown where it
> ceased working)

This is the problem! Thank you! As soon as I rebuilt the journal (it's 
actually an ext3 filesystem) I could mount the drive again.

Happiness is a mounted hard drive.
--Damon