-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/03/13 09:55, jpbfree wrote: > Le 07/03/2013 10:27, Anne Wilson a écrit : On 07/03/13 04:38, R > James wrote: >>>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:37 PM, AL13N <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> While I appreciate the intention, from a user PoV, those >>>>> UUIDs mean b***** all. It would be really nice if, when >>>>> they are first named, it was possible to allocate a >>>>> "nickname" for want of a better term. >>>> if you use it, filesystems also have label functionalities, >>>> which iinm are shown in dolphin. >>>> >>>> >>>> Yeah, I'm not a big fan of UUIDs either so I tend to use >>>> labels instead. I always partition and format using >>>> command-line tools in the Rescue System. If you do that, you >>>> can add the labels yourself. For example: >>>> >>>> # mkfs.ext4 -m 1 -L mgaroot /dev/sda1 # mkswap -L swap >>>> /dev/sda2 # mkfs.ext4 -m 0 -L home /dev/sda3 >>>> >>>> The -m parameters above specifies the percentage reserved for >>>> the superuser. the -L parameters are the filesystem labels. >>>> After that, reboot to the installer and choose Custom >>>> Partitioning, assign your pre-existing partitions and be sure >>>> _untick_ the [ ] Format boxes then continue installing as >>>> usual. >>>> >>>> After the installation, you can edit /boot/grub/menu.lst >>>> replacing each UUID=<blahblahblah> with LABEL=<label>. For >>>> example: >>>> >>>> root=LABEL=mgaroot (and) resume=LABEL=swap >>>> >>>> Similarly in /etc/fstab, you can have entries like: >>>> >>>> LABEL=mgaroot / ext4 relatime 1 1 LABEL=swap swap >>>> swap defaults 0 0 >>>> >>>> So the 'nickname' feature you request is available with a >>>> little pre-install preparation and post-install config file >>>> editing. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps -- RJ >>>> > Thanks. It will help a lot for my own use. However, that really > needs to be included in the gui disk partitioning, so that people > can find and use it. I'm fairly sure there is no way to do that at > present. > > Anne >> > hum.. when in disk-patitioning on mcc if you toggle to expert mode > therre is a "label" menu (have not tested it though, so don't know > if it goes up to writing the right stanza in fstab). > > Really? I do normally enable Expert mode, and I've never noticed that! Next time I do an install I'll definitely look for it.
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