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I have make some partitions wihtin a disk (/dev/sdb) with fdisk program. The partition table is as follows:
Dispositivo Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sdb1 1 255 513794 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 256 1021 1543490 5 Extendida
/dev/sdb5 256 510 513794 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 511 765 513794 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 766 1021 515809 83 Linux
The partition type that I have choosed for the whole partitions is Linux (code 83). Then I've formated the partitions with different filesystems:
/dev/sdb1 --> ext2
/dev/sdb5 --> ext3
/dev/sdb6 --> ext4
/dev/sdb7 --> vfat
¿Now, how can I verify the partition's filesystem type? With fdisk program I can verify the partitions type (Linux for the whole partitions), but... ¿What for the partitions filesystem type?
Thanks!
I have make some partitions wihtin a disk (/dev/sdb) with fdisk program. The partition table is as follows:
Dispositivo Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sdb1 1 255 513794 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 256 1021 1543490 5 Extendida
/dev/sdb5 256 510 513794 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 511 765 513794 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 766 1021 515809 83 Linux
The partition type that I have choosed for the whole partitions is Linux (code 83). Then I've formated the partitions with different filesystems:
/dev/sdb1 --> ext2
/dev/sdb5 --> ext3
/dev/sdb6 --> ext4
/dev/sdb7 --> vfat
¿Now, how can I verify the partition's filesystem type? With fdisk program I can verify the partitions type (Linux for the whole partitions), but... ¿What for the partitions filesystem type?
Thanks!
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fdisk reports the partition not how they are formatted.
i.e. the hard drive is like a shelf where you placed a dividers.
You then place different language books in each section. Looking at the shelf and the dividers alone you can only tell how much space is allocated to each section, you have to look at the books to determine in what language they are or what category they belong to.
mount /dev/sdb7 /mnt
and then check mount | grep sdb7
will tell you the information about what filesystem type was used for the partition.
mount will auto-test the filesystem type and will mount it accordingly.