Hi, On 07/03/2014 07:29 PM, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > Hi > > > Is there a particular reason that the label of a mounted XFS fileystem > can't be changed? Maybe since we have no user request for this function? :) > The man-page of xfs_admin gives a blanket "Devices that are mounted > cannot be modified" but no explanation for why that is. > > In my case it's the label of the root-filesystem i want to change. So to > change it i would have to boot the computer with some kind of live or > rescure-system. Or i would need to temporarily connect the device to > another computer, both aren't really nice hoops to jump through just to > change a few characters. > > The only thing i can compare this to is ext2 and with ext2 (/boot > partition, so it really is ext2) i can change the label to my hearts > content, even the device is mounted. > > For my case i could live with it if i could remount the filesystem RO, > change the label and then having to reboot the machine, still nicer than > the other 2 options. Btrfs support set/change label on a mounted file system via ioctl(2), maybe we can implement it if that sounds useful to our users. Cheers, -Jeff _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
