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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/02/2013 03:46 PM, Sean Kilpatrick
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:201310021546.06065.kilpatms@gmail.com"
type="cite">
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
-qt-user-state:0;">Anyway,</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
-qt-user-state:0;">I have this thumb drive named {thumb1} I need
to rename it [thumb2]</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
-qt-user-state:0;">so, as root, I did this:</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
-qt-user-state:0;">cd /media</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
-qt-user-state:0;">mv thumb1 thumb2</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
-qt-user-state:0;">and was told that 'device or resource busy.'</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
-qt-user-state:0;">But if I unmount the thumb drive, then it
isn't seen by the OS, and there isn't anything to rename.</p>
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I know that you've already solved the renaming part, but I thought
I'd offer an explanation for this.<br>
<br>
When anything is mounted on a directory, the directory becomes a <i>mount
point</i>. That mount point is special in that it cannot be
renamed or moved, as it is "in use" by the filesystem which is
mounted on it.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:201310021546.06065.kilpatms@gmail.com"
type="cite">
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
-qt-user-state:0;">So, how do I rename this thing?</p>
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For future reference, here are commands for renaming/relabeling
various filesystems:<br>
<ul>
<li>ext2/3/4: tune2fs -L <NEWNAME> /dev/foo</li>
<li>btrfs: btrfs filesystem label <NEWNAME> /dev/foo</li>
<li>FAT12/16/32: fatlabel /dev/foo <NEWNAME></li>
<li>exFAT: ???</li>
</ul>
<p>For ISO9660 and UDF, the filesystem names are set at creation.<br>
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<p>These are just the ones I know. I am sure that JFS, XFS, ZFS,
etc. all have their own commands as well.<br>
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<p> — Mike<br>
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