From: | Tim Schumacher <tim@××××××××××××.org> | ||
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To: | gentoo-server@l.g.o | ||
Subject: | Re: [gentoo-server] Checking a block device | ||
Date: | Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:04:19 | ||
Message-Id: | 87d3tysmsg.wl%tim@we-are-teh-b.org | ||
In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-server] Checking a block device by Tom Grace |
1 | At Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:11:40 +0100, |
2 | Tom Grace wrote: |
3 | > On 08/04/2010 01:13 AM, GNUbie wrote: |
4 | > > How can I check if a block device (partition) has one or any of the |
5 | > > following characteristics: |
6 | > > |
7 | > > [1] raw |
8 | > > |
9 | > > [2] has content |
10 | > > |
11 | > > [3] formatted |
12 | > > |
13 | > > but without actually mounting it? |
14 | > |
15 | > testdisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk) will tell you that. |
16 | |
17 | This works also as root: |
18 | |
19 | file -s /dev/sda1 |
20 | |
21 | greetings |
22 | |
23 | Tim |
Subject | Author |
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Re: [gentoo-server] Checking a block device | Brian Kroth <bpkroth@×××××.com> |