Thank you all for this very informative thread. So it seems that running blkid is the answer insofar as it tells me the information I need.
I wonder: does this also work for lvm managed partitions? (an idea that seemed to be vetted but not concluded by the above thread posters.) Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]