With my limited understanding (and all due respect) I think you are seeing partition type not fs type eg ext3, reiser etc.
On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 19:52, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > How do I identify what type of filesystem is on a partition? > > > > file -s /dev/hda1 > > I must be missing something: > > # fdisk -l > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 795 6385806 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda2 796 850 441787+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda4 1021 1048 224910 82 Linux swap > > # file -s /dev/hda[1-4] > /dev/hda1: x86 boot sector, extended partition table > /dev/hda2: data > /dev/hda3: data > /dev/hda4: data > > All of which exceptionally non-informative. The only good way to > determine the filesystem type on a partition is to mount it > successfully and look at the output of mount. If the mounting is > unsuccessful all bets are off. > > Btw file -sL /dev/hda? is no good if the symlinks point to the whopwhops. > > Volker -- Robert Fisher www.fisherfamily.orcon.net.nz
