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How to determine the type of file system on an SD Card (this card is not yet mounted. I need to determine the file system type so that i can mount the SDCard through a program according to the file system type) Or from the terminal. For example "mount -t ext3 /dev/sdc1 /mnt"
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Locate the SD card drive, right-click it, and choose “Properties”. Step 3. In the “Properties” window, you can what is the format of your SD card. Here is FAT32 format.
exFAT filesystem SDXC and SDUC cards are normally formatted using the exFAT file system, thereby limiting their use to a limited set of operating systems. Therefore, exFAT-formatted SDXC cards are not a 100% universally readable exchange medium. Windows Vista (SP1) and later and OS X (10.6.
You can use the lsblk command-line program to find the Filesystem type of all (mounted and unmounted) the storage devices and partitions of your computer. The lsblk command will show you the following information: NAME: The storage device name or partition name of a storage device.
Like the USB drive, SD cards with 32GB or lower storage are set to FAT32 by default. While exFAT is set as the default file system for larger SD cards with 64GB or 128GB.
You might do a file -s /dev/sdc1 and it could recognize the filesystem data.
And you might do mount -t auto /dev/sdc1 /mnt to have mount recognize it.
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