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How do I findout if a partition is ext2, ext3, or ext4?

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:24 pm
by mister_v
Hey,

I would like too know how a partition has been formatted
Is it ext2, ext3, or ext4?

Is there a quick command?

Thanks

Re: How do I findout if a partition is ext2, ext3, or ext4?

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:39 pm
by Chris
You can try

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file -s /dev/sda*
as root.

That should give you all the info about the partitions on sda.