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The Sunday 2008-01-20 at 23:01 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Chee How Chua wrote:
> oh, and why do I use volume label, rather then the
> unique device ID? Because with a volume label, you
> can replace the device without having to change the
> fstab on every one of your computers.
>
How do you assign a label to a device on the command line?
Use fdisk.
Notice that what fdisk call "label" is not the "label" of this
conversation (man fdisk).
Or change it in Windows -- probably simpler to do without
the risk of an accidental re-formatting.
Only for vfat.
In linux, you can use "mlabel" for vfat partitions, "e2label" for ext2/3,
"xfs_admin -L label" for xfs, "reiserfstune -l label" for reiserfs...
Also, mkfs can set the label when creating some of filesystem types.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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