Comments on: Linux how to determine the file system type

By: dave

dave — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:23:14 +0000

this won’t work for files, how do I determine the filesystem type of a bin file? I need to mount it

mohn — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:02:03 +0000

main diff b/n ntfs & fat

mohn — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:58:58 +0000

how to find a system up in network?
(what all the systems in a network command)

Vlad — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:48:24 +0000

> diatoid October 30, 2007
> You can try a ‘file -s’ on the device node.

This is best -it shows the info even device not mounted yet. So you can check the file system then mount -t proper type.

Derek — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:12:34 +0000

Make sure you have root privileges when running ‘fsck -N ‘

It won’t complain when it is run without them and it reports ext2 in error.

en — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:47:39 +0000

Thank you!

dingo — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:22:25 +0000

thanks chris
“fsck -N /dev/sda1″ was exactly what i was looking for. it turns out i am running an old ext2 , arn’t we at ext4 now?

Chris Musasizi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:53 +0000

use “cat /etc/fstab”.
Also “fsck -N”

cefirum — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:10:33 +0000

@diatoid

great hint, thanks a lot!

diatoid — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:35:44 +0000

You can try a ‘file -s’ on the device node.

Peter Flynn — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:43:17 +0000

What is the best procedure for identifying the file system type of unmounted SCSI disks (salvaged from a dead Alpha [Digital Unix 4] system)?