[ale] ignorance, just ignorance

[Doug Hall]

Score one for having a graphical user interface. ;-)


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> **
> On 10/3/2013 9:42 AM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>
> On 10/02/2013 03:46 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>
> Anyway,
>
> I have this thumb drive named {thumb1} I need to rename it [thumb2]
>
> so, as root, I did this:
>
> cd /media
>
> mv thumb1 thumb2
>
> and was told that 'device or resource busy.'
>
> But if I unmount the thumb drive, then it isn't seen by the OS, and there
> isn't anything to rename.
>
>
> I know that you've already solved the renaming part, but I thought I'd
> offer an explanation for this.
>
> When anything is mounted on a directory, the directory becomes a *mount
> point*.  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.
>
>  So, how do I rename this thing?
>
>
> For future reference, here are commands for renaming/relabeling various
> filesystems:
>
>    - ext2/3/4: tune2fs -L <NEWNAME> /dev/foo
>    - btrfs: btrfs filesystem label <NEWNAME> /dev/foo
>    - FAT12/16/32: fatlabel /dev/foo <NEWNAME>
>    - exFAT: ???
>
> For ISO9660 and UDF, the filesystem names are set at creation.
>
> These are just the ones I know.  I am sure that JFS, XFS, ZFS, etc. all
> have their own commands as well.
>
>     — Mike
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>
> Hi all,
>
> I only read the first message in this thread and the last couple including
> the one quoted above.  I don't know what happened in between.
>
> Here's a cool GUI way to rename a thumb drive, or any drive if you can
> dismount it.  Both Mint / Mate and Ubuntu (pre Unity) have a GUI app called
> Disk Utility.  I don't remember which menu heading it's under, probably
> system or accessories.  You can also search for it.  If you system doesn't
> have it, you can install gnome-disk-utility from the repositories.
>
> Plug in your memory stick, then start the program.  All your drives should
> appear on the left.  Then select the memory stick on the left pane.
>
> On the right, click the Unmount button.  Click the Edit File System Label
> button.  Change the label to whatever you want and click OK or Apply or
> whatever confirmation button is there.  You should be good to go.  You can
> click the Mount button to remount the device or click the safe removal
> button and you can remove the device.
>
> Just thought I'd pass it along.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
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