Tim <ignored_mailbox yahoo com au> wrote:
A more correct explanation as to why I didn't know the command is I usually don't bother with partition labels. If I add a drive to a system, I've usually found it easier to just change fstab to use the actual device for any affected partitions. There's probably a good reason to use labels instead of devices but I'm not aware of what that reason is. Not sure why the OP is having problems and using the device in fstab doesn't seem to be working for him. It works from the command line which makes no sense.On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 20:46 -0700, David G. Miller wrote:> I'm guessing there is a user program such as diskdruid to change the > partition label. Unfortunately, I don't know what it is.apropos label e2label (8) - Change the label on an ext2/ext3 filesystem findfs (8) - Find a filesystem by label or UUID mlabel (1) - make an MSDOS volume label ppmlabel (1) - add text to a PPM image vol_id (8) - probe filesystem type and read label and uuid man e2label
My first exposure to man pages was on HP-UX (late 1980s) so I prefer "man -k" to apropos. Besides, fewer letters to type. :D
Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce