On Saturday, June 25, 2011 07:46:01 AM Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Does anyone know how to determine which file system a disk was formatted > with, if fdisk -l doesn't show it? blkid -s TYPE On a C5 box here: [root at backup670 ~]# blkid -s TYPE /dev/mapper/vg_backup670-lv_root: TYPE="ext3" /dev/md1: TYPE="swap" /dev/md0: TYPE="ext3" /dev/sdb2: TYPE="swap" /dev/sdb1: TYPE="ext3" /dev/sda2: TYPE="swap" /dev/sda1: TYPE="ext3" /dev/hda: TYPE="iso9660" /dev/vg_backup670/lv_root: TYPE="ext3" /dev/mapper/pachy--mirror-home: TYPE="xfs" /dev/vg_opt/lv_pachy: TYPE="ext4" /dev/pachy-mirror/home: TYPE="xfs" /dev/mapper/vg_opt-lv_pachy: TYPE="ext4" [root at backup670 ~]# On a RHEL 6.1 box here: [root at www ~]# blkid -s TYPE /dev/sdd1: TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/sde1: TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/sdk1: TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/sdn1: TYPE="xfs" /dev/sdg1: TYPE="ext4" /dev/sds1: TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/sdy1: TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/sdaa1: TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdag1: TYPE="linux_raid_member" /dev/sdx1: TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/sdaf1: TYPE="linux_raid_member" /dev/sdad1: TYPE="ext3" /dev/sdah1: TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdah2: TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/mapper/vg_www-lv_root: TYPE="ext4" /dev/mapper/vg_www-lv_swap: TYPE="swap" /dev/md127: TYPE="ext3" /dev/mapper/vg_bak2-lv_lobak: TYPE="ext4" [root at www ~]# Useful stuff.