Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:28 -0700, Doug Holland wrote:
> On Sun 18 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Faheem Mitha wrote:
>> Dear People,
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone knows of a easy and definitive way to
>> determine whether a specific mounted partition is ext2 or ext3, and if
>> ext3, whether is mounted as "ordered data" or "journal". Currently, I
>> look at the boot messages, but they are not always clear.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Faheem.
>
> Run mount at the command line, with no arguments, and it'll tell you which
> filesystems are mounted with which fs types.
>
> I'm not sure how to tell which mode an ext3 partition is using, though I think
> running fsck may tell you.
Running "mount", as you suggest, will tell you with which options the FS
was mounted, including the journaling mode.
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