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Labels on ext2 and ext3 filesystems

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René Seindal
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I just recently discovered that you can put a label on an ext2 or an ext3 filesystem, just like you can with a msdos/fat filesystem.
The reason I didn’t know was probably that it didn’t matter, but now with hal and gnome-volume-manager automounting removable disks, the disks in my usb enclosures are mounted as /media/usbdisk, that is, until I changed the label. Then it is mounted as /media/label, which is a lot more useful.
The label is set with:

e2label /dev/sdc1 yourlabel

Replace the partition with the one you want to set the label on.

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One response to “Labels on ext2 and ext3 filesystems”

  1. C2H5OH avatar
    C2H5OH

    Great tip! I was in the EXACT same situation as described.

    Thanks a lot 🙂

    Reply

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