[CentOS] how do determine last file system on disk?

On 06/26/11 1:11 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> It's hard to say. They've been in the cupboard for along time and I 
> don't know which tech did what on them, which is why I'm trying to see 
> which file systems were on them last, so that I can see what data is 
> on them.

well, if as you say...

> [root at HP-DL360 ~]# file -s /dev/sda
> /dev/sda: empty

I'm guessing the tech wiped them clean.  `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda 
bs=65536`  will do that nicely.





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