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    Use gparted.
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  • 2




    Use gparted.
    – Ipor Sircer
    Nov 23 at 19:29










  • You can use mount command
    – Romeo Ninov
    Nov 23 at 19:37














  • 2




    Use gparted.
    – Ipor Sircer
    Nov 23 at 19:29










  • You can use mount command
    – Romeo Ninov
    Nov 23 at 19:37








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Use gparted.
– Ipor Sircer
Nov 23 at 19:29




Use gparted.
– Ipor Sircer
Nov 23 at 19:29












You can use mount command
– Romeo Ninov
Nov 23 at 19:37




You can use mount command
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findmnt -o source,fstype



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Unsure why I am being downvoted, but I was able to find the information using:



fdisk -l, which returns: 



Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type

/dev/sdb1        2048 1953521663 1953519616 931.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT





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  • This command shows the partition type, not the filesystem on it.
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findmnt -o source,fstype



cat /proc/mounts



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findmnt -o source,fstype



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  • What is the difference between cat /proc/mounts and mount command?
    – Romeo Ninov
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  • What is the difference between cat /proc/mounts and mount command?
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What is the difference between cat /proc/mounts and mount command?
– Romeo Ninov
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What is the difference between cat /proc/mounts and mount command?
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Unsure why I am being downvoted, but I was able to find the information using:



fdisk -l, which returns: 



Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type

/dev/sdb1        2048 1953521663 1953519616 931.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT





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  • This command shows the partition type, not the filesystem on it.
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Unsure why I am being downvoted, but I was able to find the information using:



fdisk -l, which returns: 



Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type

/dev/sdb1        2048 1953521663 1953519616 931.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT





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  • This command shows the partition type, not the filesystem on it.
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Unsure why I am being downvoted, but I was able to find the information using:



fdisk -l, which returns: 



Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type

/dev/sdb1        2048 1953521663 1953519616 931.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT





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Unsure why I am being downvoted, but I was able to find the information using:



fdisk -l, which returns: 



Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type

/dev/sdb1        2048 1953521663 1953519616 931.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT






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