Re: [Dorset] How do I find out the file system type?

'file' seems to work on here, but you need to add '-s' to use it on special files. 'sudo file -s /dev/sdd*' works here to tell me that I have an x86 boot sector on /dev/sdd and an ext4 filesystem on /dev/sdd1. Adding '-k' shows more information. -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth,

Re: [Dorset] How do I find out the file system type?

Is it definitely Linux? It's not BSD and a UFS file system is it? I can't remember but if you point "file" at a block device does it attempt to guess the FS? On Monday, 9 March 2015, Tim wrote: > I have a Linux based thin terminal which uses a 1gb Compact Flash card as > a hard disk. I want to

[Dorset] How do I find out the file system type?

I have a Linux based thin terminal which uses a 1gb Compact Flash card as a hard disk. I want to look at the software on the compact flash card but the file type is not recognised Model: Generic USB CF Reader (scsi) Disk /dev/sdd: 1021MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table