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Old 09-09-2007, 07:01 AM   #1
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Smile how to know my current hard disk partition file system ext2,ext3...


1.My RHLE AS3 already installed. hda1 is /boot , hda2 is / , what command or how to see my current this two partition(hda1 /boot) and partition(hda2 /) is what type of file system example ext2,ext3...


2. My RHLE AS3 already installed. now i add another hardisk(hdc1,hdc2) there have 2 partition also have a DATA, when i mount this two partition i dont know this two partition is which file system maybe VFAT,NTFS,EXT2... so before i mount this two partition how do i know this partition is which file system?


Please help me solve this two problem THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
 
Old 09-09-2007, 07:04 AM   #2
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1=> use "mount"
Code:
pu@slackw:~$ mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,size=144m)
2=> mount them as user "root", this way the kernel will guess the file system. Then use "mount" again to see what file system it is.
 
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2=> mount them as user "root", this way the kernel will guess the file system. Then use "mount" again to see what file system it is.
If you want to do recon without mounting then list the partitions with 'fdisk -l' or use 'disktype' (http://disktype.sourceforge.net/doc/). Disktype also displays details like if the partition contains a (and which) bootloader, partition UUID, volume name or label, blocksize, size in human readable format and sectors, etc, etc. Indispensable tool for people who work with "unknown" disks a lot.
 
  


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