> fdisk(8) certainly won't tell you what filesystem format a partition > contains.
I know, included for additional info. > > # file -s /dev/hda[1-4] > > This works for me. What version of file(1) do you have? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file -v > file-3.37-3.1 > file -v file-3.37 magic file from /usr/share/misc/magic 236967 2003-03-14 13:20:03 /usr/share/misc/magic I'll investigate. Thanks, Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.