OK, how does one identify the filesystem on a device? "file" says:
[root@pc root]# file - < /dev/sda
standard input: x86 boot sector
(/dev/sda is one of these, 0.5 GB: http://kasercorp.com/usbjumbo.cfm )
I successfully mounted it as ext2, but just because I happened to *know*
that was what it was. In general, what should I do? How about an offset
that'll skip ahead straight to the filesystem?
offset in 1K blocks --vvv
dd if=/dev/sda bs=1024 skip=xxx | file -
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