hi, it doesn't provide the information seeked....i am enclosing the output below... # file /mnt/hda5/hdstg2.img
/mnt/hda5/hdstg2.img: data # dd if=/dev/hdc1 bs=1k count=5 | file - standard input: data 5+0 records in 4+0 records out # file -s /dev/hdc{,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} /dev/hdc: x86 boot sector /dev/hdc1: data /dev/hdc2: x86 boot sector, extended partition table /dev/hdc3: empty /dev/hdc4: empty /dev/hdc5: data /dev/hdc6: data /dev/hdc7: data /dev/hdc8: Linux/i386 swap file version 1 (4K pages) size 63999 pages /dev/hdc9: data /dev/hdc10: empty kindly suggest more about it... thanks, Pankaj ----- Original Message ----- From: "ippi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pankaj Agarwal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: Re: how to identify filesystem type > > --- Pankaj Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Kindly let me know how to > > identify the filesystem in an image file or block > > device. > > > > Hi Pankaj, > > if you've got an image file called somefs.img you > should be able to do: > > file somefs.img > > If you've got a block device - say /dev/hda1 - then > you'll need to do the following (probably as root). > Be careful to type this command correctly or you > could be in a world of pain > > dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=1k count=5 | file - > > A > DO NOT USE dd WITH ANYTHING UNDER /dev WHILE RUNNING > AS ROOT UNLESS YOU REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs