On 12/15/2010 08:41 AM, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >>> The usual answer is give the drive a name/label, appropriate to the >>> file system on it (ext3, FAT, whatever). >>> > Robert Moskowitz: > >> How do I do that? >> > What file system is used on the drive? > > If it's Ext3, there's the e2label command. > Ext4 > If it's FAT, you have to assign a Windows-like drive letter, then use > the DOS/FAT drive labelling commands to label the drive. Though, the > simplest solution, if you can plug it into a Windows box, is to do so, > and right-click and rename the drive. > > It irks me, seeing how Gnome plays so heavily upon using the name of the > drive as a mount point, that we have to go through all these shenanigans > to rename a drive, when Windows users have it so easy. Sure, make us > type in a root password to allow the change, but let us right-click on a > drive and rename it. > > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
