If you run 'mount' with no arguments, it tells what type each partition is mounted at. You can also do 'dmesg | grep -i ext3' to show all the ext3-related messages from startup, although it doesn't mention the device names of the partitions it's mounting.
Nathan On Saturday 01 December 2001 02:06 pm, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Is there some app that tells me what type my partitions are mounted as > ?? I'm now running 2.4.16 with ext3 enabled after running a patched > kernel for quite some time... > > Here's some relevant info: > > /etc/fstab > > /dev/hdb6 / auto defaults,errors=remount-ro 1 1 > /dev/hdb1 /boot auto rw 0 2 > > I tried ext3,ext2 once as the type and got mount errors. I've made sure > I had a 'current-enough' version of e2fsprogs when using ext3. I'm > currently running 1.25-1. > > Here's where I get confused... > > /etc/mtab > > /dev/hdb6 / auto rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro 0 0 > /dev/hdb1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 > > I specify 'auto' in fstab and /dev/hdb1 is mounted the ideal way. But, > how is /dev/hdb6 really mounted ?? I would hope as ext3 also. > > I do have a .journal file in both '/' and '/boot', both dated July 29 > (around the time I first tried ext3). > > Regards > Hall