Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition
On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 19:30:51 -0600, 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.
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/
has files with package contents. Any use?
--
Brian.
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