Finding original parition label of a partition

the_gripmaster · 04-29-2007, 12:57 AM

I have attached a hard disk from another PC to a running PC. Now how do I find the original partition labels (like /, /opt, /var, etc) from the second disk?

You may have noticed that when you install Linux, the installer finds the original label when you select the partition for modification with disk druid.

Thanks.

|2ainman · 04-29-2007, 02:11 AM

for ext2 and ext3 tune2fs -l <partition>

syg00 · 04-29-2007, 02:17 AM

i.e. it has nothing to do with partitions.

the_gripmaster · 04-29-2007, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by |2ainman

for ext2 and ext3 tune2fs -l <partition>

Thanks for your reply.

homey · 04-29-2007, 06:59 AM

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i.e. it has nothing to do with partitions.

What's up with that?

You could also use e2label. For example: e2label /dev/hdb2

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the_gripmaster · 05-01-2007, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by homey

You could also use e2label. For example: e2label /dev/hdb2
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Thank you too.