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[Tutorial] How to tell the file system of a system.img in windows

[Tutorial] How to tell the file system of a system.img in windows

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This step-by-step guide will explain how to tell the file system of a system.img in windows. This comes handy when trying to extract the contents of a system.img

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Steps on how to tell the file system of a system.img in windows


Follow the steps below to tell the file system of a system.img in windows

  1. Navigate to your user directory within Cygwin then copy the system.img you're trying to verify into the folder
    Code:

    e.g C:\cygwin\home\{your PC username}

    [Image: how-to-tell-the-file-system-of-a-system....dows-1.jpg]

  2. Launch Cygwin

    [Image: how-to-tell-the-file-system-of-a-system....dows-2.jpg]

  3. Type the command below into cygwin window then hit enter [change 'system.img' to the file name of your system image]
    Code:

    file system.img

    [Image: how-to-tell-the-file-system-of-a-system....dows-3.jpg]

  4. The result will display infomation about the system image file. e.g ext2, ext3, ext4, sparse

    [Image: how-to-tell-the-file-system-of-a-system....dows-4.jpg]


Important Notice
  • You can run the same command on a PC running any linux distros
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