Re: Bug#461104: RFP: label -- Set or change label to partition disk

[Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net>]

On 17-Jan-08, 14:52 (CST), "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> wrote: 
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:32:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Aren't there already ways to do this?  For example,
>>
>> # tune2fs -L <some_label> /dev/[sh]d[a-z][1-15]
>
> If you're looking for naming a partition, then yes, that method works  
> (assuming, of course, that it is ext[23]).  If you're looking for a  
> disklabel (also known as a partition table), then that method won't  
> work, but you can use parted or the appropriate fdisk tool.  It's  
> somewhat difficult to tell, since there is no long description.   
> Consider this a request for one.

Looking at the website, it appears to be the former. It looks like a
wrapper that determines whether the FS in question is ext[23] or msdos,
and make the appropriate utility call. 

However, I don't read Spanish, so there may be more to it.

Steve



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