Re: how to identify filesystem type

[ippi <heynumbertwo@yahoo.com>]

--- Pankaj Agarwal <pankaj@pnpexports.com> wrote:

> Kindly let me know how to
> identify the filesystem in an image file or block
> device.
> 

Hi Pankaj,

if you've got an image file called somefs.img you
should be able to do:

    file somefs.img

If you've got a block device - say /dev/hda1 - then
you'll need to do the following (probably as root).
Be careful to type this command correctly or you
could be in a world of pain

    dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=1k count=5 | file -

A
DO NOT USE dd WITH ANYTHING UNDER /dev WHILE RUNNING 
AS ROOT UNLESS YOU REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO.


		
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