localhost hejustrife # mount -t ext2 /dev/sdb1 /media/1 -o force
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or other error
(aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
instead of some logical partition inside?)
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
localhost hejustrife # dmesg | tail
[18501.097567] sde: sde1
[18501.105064] sd 4:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk
[18501.105586] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[18908.146793] FAT: Unrecognized mount option "force" or missing value
[18914.308770] attempt to access beyond end of device
[18914.308781] sdb1: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
[18914.308995] EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
[18918.722055] attempt to access beyond end of device
[18918.722067] sdb1: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
[18918.722271] EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock