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understanding how filesystem type is determined before it is mounted
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Is there any commandline tools to determine filesystem type on a block device before mounting it？and how is that achieved? I believe it is possible since I usually mount external disks with automatically determines the filesystem for you. modern GUI tools even probe for disk usage and other info wi…
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$ mount /dev/sdXX /mnt
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The first bytes (not literally, but usually in the first 4KiB) contain a signature, which especially crafted to be unique. The utility can determine these signatures. See for yourself: To get a detailed list of filesystems that recognizes, have a lo…
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