Detecting and mounting a file system of a flash chip.

[firewalker]

When reading a flash chip with an external programmer, is there a way to detect the presence of a file system?

I tried

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file name.bin
name.bin: data
Alexander.

[Halcyon]

I guess the easiest way I can think of would be to throw the output into a hex editor and have a look at the first few bytes.

[tsman]

Use binwalk. The file command only checks whatever is at the start of the file so if there are any headers or other data then it won't find anything located further in.

[firewalker]

Thanks you!!!

Alexander.