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From: Tom Grace <stonertom@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Checking a block device
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:11:24
Message-Id: 4C5912AC.4000908@snakesoftruth.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] Checking a block device by GNUbie
1 testdisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk) will tell you that.
2
3 On 08/04/2010 01:13 AM, GNUbie wrote:
4 > Hello all,
5 >
6 > How can I check if a block device (partition) has one or any of the
7 > following characteristics:
8 >
9 > [1] raw
10 >
11 > [2] has content
12 >
13 > [3] formatted
14 >
15 > but without actually mounting it?
16 >
17 > Please advice. Thank you in advance.
18 >
19 > Regards,
20 >
21 > GNUbie
22 >

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Re: [gentoo-server] Checking a block device Tim Schumacher <tim@××××××××××××.org>