Re: Renamiing a USB external h/d

[Balint Szigeti <balint.szgt@gmail.com>]

On 12/01/2012 12:38, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> I have a USB external hard drive for my backups which is formatted ext
> 3. It is currently named as
> '/media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ ' and mounted via fstab.
>
> I've tried using e2label as follows;-
> sudo e2label /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ /media/backup
> e2label: Is a directory while trying to open
> /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_
> Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
>
> So I tried using rename as follows;-
> sudo rename /media/8eef3b99-c17b-4913-ae61-d34c7fd5d459_ /media/backup
> Number found where operator expected at (eval 1) line 1, near "/media/8"
> 	(Missing operator before 8?)
> Bareword found where operator expected at (eval 1) line 1, near "8eef3b99"
> 	(Missing operator before eef3b99?)
> syntax error at (eval 1) line 1, near "/media/8"
>
> How then can I rename it please?
>
> Sharon.
Hello Sharon,

Check in /etc/udev/rules.d/*
Nowadays, the linux distributions udev.
This (udev) handing devices. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev or 
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/udev.htm

Regards
Balint