I have a hard drive that contains backup files and it's been stored for safekeeping for a couple years. I can't remember if it was pulled out of my pc ntfs formatted or if it was pulled out of the NAS ufs formatted.
I'm sure this is a very basic command, but it's more than I know. How can I determine the filesystem so that I can mount the drive?
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determine filesystem
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shakky4711
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Re: determine filesystem
Hello,
a) easiest way, plug in the drive to a Desktop Linux machine, each common file system ext/fat/ntfs should be mounted automatically
b) on unix like system you get some info with file -s /dev/yourdrive
c) Other simple way would be to boot from a gparted cd and look at the output
Shakky
a) easiest way, plug in the drive to a Desktop Linux machine, each common file system ext/fat/ntfs should be mounted automatically
b) on unix like system you get some info with file -s /dev/yourdrive
c) Other simple way would be to boot from a gparted cd and look at the output
Shakky
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sandyjagmin
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Re: determine filesystem
thank you 