Volume/partition names

Hi,
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how could you know the type of filesystem of a partition prior to
mounting it?
..
the thing is that even if you make the filesystem as a resier one,
Linux fdisk shows it as a "Linux filesystem"
..
Is there a way to set the volume when you run mkfs so that you have
an idea of what type of partition you are dealing with?
..
Thanks
lbrtchx

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