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Subject: Re: mounting ext2fs
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"Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:

> > what does lsvfs show ?
>
> Maybe try: dd if=/dev/da0s1 count=20 of=/tmp/t ; file /tmp/t
> (it show interesting stuff on my /xp  anyway ).

Easier:  file -s /dev/da0s1