which fs on a partition?

[Jorge Almeida]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Bill Campbell wrote:

>
> If you create an entry for the device in /etc/fstab with the file
> system type ``auto'' the mount command will attempt to figure out
> what kind of file system it is.
>
Nope, no use. Same "mount: you must specify the filesystem type" message.
> Booting on a knoppix live CD may also be useful.
>
Not an option, I'm on ssh...

Jorge