[ubuntu-in] renaming / re-identifying external hard disk partitions

[Balaji Narayanan]

> 3. make a label for the ext3 partition
> tried using gparted but one it does not have an option and two it seems 
> like it would reformat the disk if i tried anything

e2label will be your friend.

also, i am not sure how hard disks are mounted. assuming that this is 
done by hotplug, try to see if you can fiddle around /etc/hotplug to see 
if you can add specific options for your devices.

-balaji



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