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Re: naming a partition after the fact?

From Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: naming a partition after the fact?
Date 2023-09-29 21:20 +0200
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Hello,

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 02:50:23PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> I recall something I haven't used in a decade or more, but we used to have a
> journal something or other that could rename a partition, and I need
> something like it.

Probably, but adding a label to a *filesystem* is easy, so will
that suit your needs? "man e2label" for ext* filesystems.

If not, what are you actually trying to achieve with partition
names? I can't think what use they have ever been to me in several
decades.

Thanks,
Andy

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naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-29 21:00 +0200
  Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-29 21:20 +0200
  Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-29 21:20 +0200
    Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-29 22:00 +0200
      Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-29 22:10 +0200
      Re: naming a partition after the fact? Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-09-30 05:40 +0200
        Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-30 15:40 +0200
    Re: naming a partition after the fact? Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-09-29 22:20 +0200
      Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-29 22:40 +0200
        Re: naming a partition after the fact? Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-09-29 23:20 +0200
        Re: naming a partition after the fact? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-09-30 00:10 +0200
          Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-30 02:10 +0200
            Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-30 09:30 +0200
              Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-30 13:30 +0200
                Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-30 16:00 +0200
                Re: naming a partition after the fact? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-09-30 20:20 +0200
                Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-01 01:50 +0200
            Re: naming a partition after the fact? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-09-30 17:20 +0200
              Re: naming a partition after the fact? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-09-30 20:20 +0200
        Re: naming a partition after the fact? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-09-30 05:20 +0200
  Re: naming a partition after the fact? Robert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> - 2023-10-01 09:50 +0200
    Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-10-01 11:30 +0200
      Re: naming a partition after the fact? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-10-01 17:40 +0200

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