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

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

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

Post 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.
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