Unknown filesystem

[hardware_dave]

Anyone know how to find the file system type so I can mount it ?

 

Dave

[RandyL]

Hi Dave; I've never used Linux so if you could be more specific I'll try to research it for you;

RandyL

[Guest Wolfeymole]

This may be of some use Dave perhaps.

 

Check out this image too Dave.

 

http://www.gobolinux.org/screenshots/screenshots/006_Lucas_Gobo006.png

[hardware_dave]

Thanks for the sugestions

 

I want to mount a compact flash card from a embbeded linux thin client on my main linux box.

 

When I try to mount it - mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/flash it tells me Imust specify the file system.

 

This would indicate its not ext2,ext3 or reiser as mount would know what to do. -t auto fails as well.

 

Fdisk shows sdc1,sdc3,sdc4 all linux paritions.

 

Not sure why Wolfemole wants me to look at PAM ?

 

Dave

[Guest Wolfeymole]

The directory structure Dave that's all mate.

 

By the way did I say look at this? http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/happy/whistling.gif

[Seth]

Sheesh. Makes me wonder what kind of file system is on it. Found this though:

 

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-how-to-determine-find-out-file-system-type/

[hardware_dave]

Thanks seth, but I found that before I asked. It will only work on a mounted file system.

 

I may have to give up for now.

 

Dave

[AdvancedSetup]

Well generally speaking I've typically only seen them in FAT16 and FAT32 file system formats but it could be something else.

 

Here are some other resource links to hopefully help you out.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompactFlash

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system

[hardware_dave]

Thanks for the help, but I begining to think its an encrypted file system. I could take the loader apart but but I am far to lazy.

 

Dave