View File System Types in linux

View File System Types in linux

You can view a file system in Linux by using the following methods:

 

1. mount

:~$ mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lib/ureadahead/debugfs type debugfs (rw,relatime)
none on /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint type vmblock (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/kysnail/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=kysnail)
:~$ 

2. df

:~ $ Df-lhT
File System Type capacity available in use % mount point
/Dev/sda1 ext4 19G 11G 7.8G 57%/
None devtmpfs 498 M 248 K 497 M 1%/dev
None tmpfs 502 M 252 K 501 M 1%/dev/shm
None tmpfs 502 M 96 K 502 M 1%/var/run
None tmpfs 502 M 0 502 M 0%/var/lock
None tmpfs 502 M 0 502 M 0%/lib/init/rw
None debugfs 19G 11G 7.8G 57%/var/lib/ureadahead/debugfs
:~ $

3. fdisk

:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda

WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
         switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
         sectors (command 'u').

Command (m for help): c
DOS Compatibility flag is not set

Command (m for help): u
Changing display/entry units to sectors

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders, total 41943040 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00077544

Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048    40105983    20051968   83  Linux
/dev/sda2        40108030    41940991      916481    5  Extended
/dev/sda5        40108032    41940991      916480   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Command (m for help): q

4. file

:~$ sudo file -s /dev/sda
/dev/sda: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead 32, startsector 2048, 40103936 sectors; partition 2: ID=0x5, starthead 254, startsector 40108030, 1832962 sectors, code offset 0x63
kysnail@ubunkysnail:~$ sudo file -s /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: Linux rev 1.0 ext4 filesystem data, UUID=4942da40-8a49-4bfd-9dc2-45c906d48413 (needs journal recovery) (extents) (large files) (huge files)
:~$ 

5. parted

:~ $ Sudo parted
GNU parted2.2
Use/dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Enter 'help' to obtain the command list.
(Parted) p
Model: VMware, VMware Virtual S (scsi)
Disk/dev/sda: 21.5 GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Digit start: End size type file system flag
1 1049kB 20.5 GB 20.5 GB primary ext4 start
2 20.5 GB 21.5 GB 938 MB extended
5 20.5 GB 21.5 GB 938 MB logical linux-swap (v1)

(Parted)

6. View fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=4942da40-8a49-4bfd-9dc2-45c906d48413 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro,user_xattr 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=935fb95d-771f-448e-9d23-4820106e1783 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0