-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHlxYMtTMYHG2NR9URAjr8AKCJr5GoZiHZENthnjDFCpWr2660OQCgi4U+ 2QpknFSm+G8jwL+4oo0skP8= =as6f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org