Examples of CLI detecting filesystem on unmounted Block Device
Examples of CLI detecting filesystem on unmounted Block Device |
Below are the examples of Linux command line (CLI) that can be used to detect or identify filesystem on unmounted block devices.
root@vbox1:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 16065 41929649 41913585 20G 83 Linux
root@vbox1:~#
root@vbox1:~# blkid /dev/sda
/dev/sda: PTUUID="75d4a897" PTTYPE="dos"
root@vbox1:~# blkid /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: UUID="4146cccc-7d36-4a23-af4c-972161e75220" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="75d4a897-01"
root@vbox1:~# file -s /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: Linux rev 1.0 ext2 filesystem data (mounted or unclean), UUID=4146cccc-7d36-4a23-af4c-972161e75220 (large files)
root@vbox1:~#
root@vbox1:~# lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
fd0
sda
├─sda1 ext2 4146cccc-7d36-4a23-af4c-972161e75220 /boot
├─sda2
└─sda5 LVM2_member QlTPdH-REeF-ljiz-lx2l-gF60-YQRj-MKeITR
├─vbox1--vg-root ext4 76d0a16c-4b6c-4567-a1cb-cb1aa45ab28c /
└─vbox1--vg-swap_1 swap 2f357d2f-172a-41fc-9a26-32b1cc1b17cd [SWAP]
sdb
├─sdb3
└─sdb8
sdc
├─sdc3
└─sdc8
sr0
# echo Hope it helps!
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