On 07/03/13 12:03, AL13N wrote: >> On 07/03/13 04:38, R James wrote: > [...] >>> So the 'nickname' feature you request is available with a little >>> pre-install preparation and post-install config file editing. >>> >>> Hope this helps -- RJ >>> >> Thanks. It will help a lot for my own use. However, that really >> needs to be included in the gui disk partitioning, so that people can >> find and use it. I'm fairly sure there is no way to do that at present. > > imho: dolphin already shows the filesystem label; but, imho, there is no > need to use label instead of uuid on the inside... it's not like most > people actually look into fstab... > > i'm not sure, but i thought the expert had a way to change label in > filesystems in the partitioner. label isn't used in fstab, but i don't > think it should. > OK - when I partition, I do add an identifier, which may be what jpbfree referred to, but what I see in Dolphin is not, IMO, very helpful. The shortcut added to Places shows the long number, not Win_C or anything like that. Maybe this is a Dolphin fault - I don't know.
Anne
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