From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268203AbUHTPWN (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:22:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268183AbUHTPWN (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:22:13 -0400 Received: from 34.67-18-129.reverse.theplanet.com ([67.18.129.34]:12704 "EHLO krish.dnshostnetwork.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268236AbUHTPVi (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:21:38 -0400 Message-ID: <000901c486c9$40d92e60$6d59023d@dreammachine> From: "Pankaj Agarwal" To: "Andreas Schwab" Cc: References: <001901c485cc$208c3a60$9159023d@dreammachine> Subject: Re: how to identify filesystem type Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:33:22 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - krish.dnshostnetwork.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - pnpexports.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Andreas, this is the output when you have a mounted block device.....you can only mount when you know the filesystem ....thats wat i wanna know...hoe to identify filesytems...on ablockdevice. thanks anyways, looking forward for more information on this Pankaj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Schwab" To: "Pankaj Agarwal" Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:16 PM Subject: Re: how to identify filesystem type "Pankaj Agarwal" writes: > I need your help, in understanding filesystems. Kindly let me know how to > identify the filesystem in an image file or block device. Use file: # file -s /dev/hda3 /dev/hda3: ReiserFS V3.6 block size 4096 (mounted or unclean) num blocks 9500285 r5 hash Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/