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Re: filesystem I'd?



Hi,

On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 21:56:04 -0500
Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 06:34:14PM -0800, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Whats the name of the filesystem used on 64G micro-sd's labeled SDXC ?
> 
> Are you asking us how you could find out?  'Cause you can't seriously
> expect us to know what file system is on your device.
> 
> One way to find out would be to mount it, by any means necessary, and
> then run "mount" and see what file system type it reports.
> 
> Another way would be to use "file -s" on whatever block device your
> system assigns to it.  Plug the device in, wait a bit, run dmesg, and
> see what device name(s) you've got.  Then run file -s on whatever
> partition seems appropriate, if the device is partitioned, or else on
> the full device (/dev/sdx) if it's not partitioned.
> 

alternatively, when the device is plugged in, running

lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,SIZE

will probably provide enough information to identify the card in question
without having to look through the dmesg output.

Best regards

Michael

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