[SOLVED] Partitions identified by size in file-open windows

CollieJim · 02-05-2012, 09:18 AM

In file-open windows the partitions on the hard drive are listed by size. This is rather annoying and unusable since there are a number of duplicates.

Is it possible to have them listed by /dev/??? or label?

TIA
Jim

widget · 02-05-2012, 12:10 PM

They should be listed by label if they are labeled.

It would be nice to know what version OS you are using and what hardware.

CollieJim · 02-05-2012, 09:42 PM

Thanks.

I have an old Toshiba Satellite M200 with 2GB ram currently running Kubuntu 11.10.

widget · 02-06-2012, 12:36 AM

Well that should all be fine. I don't know much about KDE. In fact I am not a fan at all. Just doesn't fit me at all.

As a lot of folks do seem to like it though, I try to keep an example of it on my external drive. Right now it is PCLOS Full Monty.

If I pull up Dolphin the partitions are listed by label.

If I pull up Konqueror and spend half an hour fooling with it the side panel shows the partitions by label.

Have no idea what to do with Krusader that looks like Midnight Commander on steriods configured by a maniac. It does offer to mount a data partition by name though.

If you open a terminal and, as root, run;

Code:

blkid

what do you get.

Post that here.

Hopefully I will be back on some DE with a real file browser on it by then. No wonder KDE has so many. You need that many to get anything done that a real browser would do on its own. Sorry, I do have it on here, no one twisted my arm, I just don't like KDE and am prejudiced.

CollieJim · 02-06-2012, 03:36 AM

I labelled the partitions first.

Code:

 # blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="a2759272-3a0d-4c1e-a451-5185118fb3f8" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda2: UUID="23a82d46-14c4-47cd-bd2c-fff13122443f" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sda3: LABEL="sda3" UUID="7f8b006b-a238-4a82-aa61-08b80483755f" TYPE="ext2" 
/dev/sda5: LABEL="sda5" UUID="881eec47-2c1c-465b-b053-5d0ceddf00cf" TYPE="ext2" 
/dev/sda6: LABEL="sda6" UUID="d865f13e-af74-44c0-96f5-3b474ae2e684" TYPE="ext2" 
/dev/sda7: LABEL="sda7" UUID="234a5863-476d-4f39-8132-2b9e8b660695" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda8: LABEL="sda8" UUID="52536702-ee9b-4300-9544-acaee4abd304" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sdb1: UUID="C459-5684" TYPE="vfat" 
/dev/sdb2: UUID="917e524a-598d-4414-a155-f0fd19315522" TYPE="ext2" 
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="LIBRARY" UUID="3163-3136" TYPE="vfat"

It's been some time since I labelled partitions because I was getting garbage appended to what I entered. At the time I needed Windows to do the job.

The partitions are now properly identified in file-open menus.

Thanks for the replies.

widget · 02-06-2012, 04:49 AM

Yup. The labels go if you format.

Sometimes you just need to redo them. Glad its working now.

I know about it being tough when all you get is the size and 3 the them are about the same or something.