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Detect filesystem type (can't mount filesystem image .img)

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Mar 15, 202624390 views
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I am trying to mount a file image, like this But I get the following: I try ext3: dmesg says: I've also tried ext2, vfat etc. How can I detect the filesystem type of ?

Error Output

mount -o loop /tmp/apps.img /media/apps

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I would use the command combined with . Full disk with MBR (change to your file name): So it is a full disk image and you want info on the first partition? Perhaps it is compressed. No problem, uncompress it on the fly:

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