Rename Drive Volume

[sohlinux]

How can I rename my usb drive? the following doesnt work on this distro so what is the command, its formatted ext3

e2label /dev/sda newname

thanks

 

[Black Hole]

Plug it into a PC?

 

[af123]

Install e2fsprogs and use /mod/sbin/e2label if you want to do it on the Humax.

 

[prpr]

Is there are particular reason that /mod/sbin isn't on the search path?

 

[sohlinux]

humax# /mod/sbin/e2label /dev/sda 2TB
/mod/sbin/e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.

as you can see it kicks up an error, oh well I could do it in ubuntu with the disk utilities but I would like to do it with the humax if possible. ..

 

[af123]

It's the EXT partition you need to label, not the entire disk - use /dev/sda1 for the first partition.

 

[sohlinux]

It's the EXT partition you need to label, not the entire disk - use /dev/sda1 for the first partition.

thanks but that didnt work either, no error message this time

 

[xyz321]

thanks but that didnt work either, no error message this time

It will need a reboot for the humax application to display the change.

 

[sohlinux]

It will need a reboot for the humax application to display the change.

it didnt work, anyway I will do it through ubuntu

 

[xyz321]

Ubuntu (or any other distribution) will not make any difference. Try an initial uppercase letter.

 

[sohlinux]

Ubuntu (or any other distribution) will not make any difference. Try an initial uppercase letter.

it didnt work either so I did it through my pc in the end.

 

[xyz321]

It worked for me when I tried it a few weeks ago. I think I may have had the drive unmounted though.

 

[sohlinux]

It worked for me when I tried it a few weeks ago. I think I may have had the drive unmounted though.

yes I think maybe thats what it was, it wasnt mounted when I did it with my pc.