Fdisk and mount disagree?

[Mike McCarty]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>>$ sudo /sbin/fdisk -l
>>[snip]
>>Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
>>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
>>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>
>>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>>/dev/sda1               1       12161    97683201    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>>
>>$ mount
>>[snip]
>>/dev/sda1 on /mnt/usb type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=jmccarty)
>>
> 
> One thing to keep in mind is that fdisk reports the partition type
> you set when you create the partition, and mount reports the file

Makes sense, since when I bought the disc it came preformatted
with FAT32. For consistency's sake, I guess I should use fdisk
to change the ID to something else.

Mike
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