Linux - Modify the partitions labels
April 2018
All these commands should be done by the administrator (root mode).
Give names of the simplest possible partitions (if possible using only alphanumeric characters (a. .. z and 0 ... 9) and - and _.
ext2/ext3 Partitions
There are two commands:
tune2fs -L my_label /dev/partition
/sbin/e2label /dev/partition my_label
FAT/FAT16/FAT32 Partitions
You must install the mtools utility package.
Then type:
sudo mlabel -i /dev/partition ::my_label
NTS Partitions
You must install the ntfsprogs package
The command to be used is:
-
ntfslabel /dev/partition my_label.
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