Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

[Seeker <seeker5528@comcast.net>]

On 11/11/2016 5:30 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 11/11/2016 01:07 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit :
> > > Partitions:
> > >   #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive"
> > >   #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive
> > >   #5 is fat32 62.5 GiB [31.5 GiB used] with no label
> > (...)
> > > I attempted to label partition 5 with Gparted, but the "Label" menu
> > > option was greyed out.
> > > The "Label" option was available for partition 1. I had no problem
> > > creating partition 6 as fat32 and labeling it.
> >
> > Gparted needs external software to enable some features.
> > According to <http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php>, mtools is
> > required to change the label on a FAT filesystem.
> I wonder if there is a LIVE disk that includes the various external
> software files? It would be handy to have such a disk.
> If anyone knows of such, please advise.
>
> --doug

I like SystemRescueCd for partitioning/troubleshooting.

https://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage

Later, Seeker