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Re: stretch disk label problems

From	Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: stretch disk label problems
Date	2019-04-05 19:50 +0200
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On 04/05/2019 01:13 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 05 April 2019 08:34:09 Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
>
>> On 4/5/19, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 08:07:25AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>> I need to fix the disk partition labels on this 2T drive I've
>>>> installed stretch on.
>>>>
>>>> tune2fs on wheezy is too old, won't touch the stretch prepared
>>>> drive.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't found a tune2fs yet on stretch, but did after 10 minutes
>>>> of putzing, get a root session of gparted going, but of course the
>>>> device is mounted when booted to stretch, so the stretch gparted
>>>> can't cross a t or dot an i.
>>>>
>>>> So how can I fix that?
>>> Use the installer's rescue mode?
>> Some kind of rescue mode, including via a different mounted operating
>> system, was my thought, too. Reach in from the outside...
>>
>> That thought came from having taken a quick poke at GParted. It
>> doesn't allow label changes on mounted partitions (either). The label
>> name option is visible on right click but is grayed out so that it
>> can't be clicked.
>>
>> It makes sense. Everything's been put into gear using certain
>> descriptives that a user might type in to call something into some
>> form of action. There's probably a phenomenal number of [operations]
>> that would freak/black out/go dark if we were able to change
>> singularly definable partitions' labels while they're actively on
>> call. :)
>>
>> Cindy :)
> Somebody, Felix I think, pointed out that the utility package already
> installed  provided an "e2label", and it worked perfectly on both
> mounted partitions while booted to them.
>
> So for the record, use e2label, it can apparently be used safely on a
> live stretch-9.8.0  64 bit system.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
You can also run gparted from a CD. Then nothing is mounted
and you can do what you like.
--doug

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stretch disk label problems Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-05 14:10 +0200
  Re: stretch disk label problems <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-04-05 14:20 +0200
    Re: stretch disk label problems Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-05 14:20 +0200
    Re: stretch disk label problems Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-04-05 14:40 +0200
      Re: stretch disk label problems Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-05 19:20 +0200
        Re: stretch disk label problems Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2019-04-05 19:50 +0200
  Re: stretch disk label problems Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-04-05 15:00 +0200
    Re: stretch disk label problems Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-05 19:40 +0200

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