How to rename a new hard disk drive

Greebstreebling · 03-28-2013, 12:55 PM

Hi all, thanks for extensive help in getting my scsi drive and controller to work on debian box.

I would like to rename the drive, but when I try to do that in gnome I get an error which says backend doesn't support this. I guess I'll log in as root, but can anyone give me some syntax which allows me to rename a scsi hard drive?

thanks,
Paul

floppy_stuttgart · 03-28-2013, 01:25 PM

I would boot in RAM with a live CD or from the USB (gparted?). In that case, the HDD would not be booted and the name could be changed with the gparted program?

michaelk · 03-28-2013, 01:43 PM

What do you mean by rename?

You can use tune2fs to change the label of an ext filesystem.

Greebstreebling · 03-28-2013, 01:53 PM

Thanks - what i mean by rename is:

When i use gnome UI and click 'computer' the drive has a name - but it is a default name which i didn't give it. The name is:

'36GB Filesystem 36GB' and i would like to change it to something more meaningful.

Gnome allows to right click the drive and pick rename, but then refuses with the backend doesn't support error.

I think i need to login as root, but am stuck for rename process / syntax

Thanks
Paul

John VV · 03-28-2013, 02:14 PM

use gparted
and give the drive a name
for example i have a internal drive named " DATA "
it is mounted in /opt/DATA ( udev and fstab )
and shows up as just a folder in dolphin and Nautilus

now i also had a 3 Tb usb drive that is mounted by udev using it's uuid but is listed by the description in the udev rule for it

it displays n dolphin and Nautilus under the "places"
and is in /media

EDDY1 · 03-29-2013, 07:48 AM

I think that you can just open your "Disk Utility" & just select "Edit File System Label"
In fact I just did it to my LFS partition.
My disk utility is actually called Disk Utility but it should work in whatever disk utility you have.

bloody · 03-29-2013, 05:11 PM

That's what utils like e2label, ntfslabel, swaplabel are for.