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

[Ramnarayan.K]

On Feb 12, 2008 10:22 AM, Balaji Narayanan <lists at balajin.net> wrote:

>
> > 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.
>

thanks


>
> 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.
>
>
the specific options are in etc/fstab for those devices that have a more
permanent mounting like onboard hard disk and stuff

while the hot mount devices are in /etc/mtab which get refreshed every time
we reboot.


ram
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