On 15.11.2017 17:37, Karel Zak wrote:
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 05:18:17PM +0100, kalle wrote:
hello,
-i think it would be good, if it would be explained shortly, what a file
system is
-what would be good would be an explanation, how to find out filesystem,
label, UUID or device name of a given device...
man mount, section "Indicating the device" is not enough?
No. given the case I have a usb-stick. If I would recognize the label,
the files on it or the size because they are written outside on the
hardware of the stick or because I recognize my files stored on the
stick. Now if I plug it in, how do I know which device to mount? "mount
-L" doesn't help me further, since I don't know the label exactly by
heart, pressing the `TAB'-key produces file names and not labels.
What I did in the past was looking at /dev/disk/by-... for the label/id
to recognize my stick, but this procedure is lengthy and not recommended
by you on the man-page.
I simply don't have a nice answer to this problem.
OK, I think, we can add some short note about "what filesystem is" to the
begin of the mount man page for people who accidentally booted Linux
:-)
Karel
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