What about gui apps that help one keep track of disks ("block devices"?)
and what /dev node(?) they occupy? I know such things exist. I used to
use Mandrake, for example, and it had this system utility called "Mandrake
Control Panel." It was by using this that I initially discovered that the
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On Wed, 28 May 2003, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Alan: Is there any likelihood that Linux could be tweaked to provide a
> > similar facility using the 11-character volume labels available
> > in the various FAT formats?
>
> I've no idea what the mount tool owners have planned - the label handl
> Alan: Is there any likelihood that Linux could be tweaked to provide a
> similar facility using the 11-character volume labels available
> in the various FAT formats?
I've no idea what the mount tool owners have planned - the label handling
is in fact in user space
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Hi James, Alan.
Alan: Question at the end of this email which I'd appreciate your
guidance with. It relates to what is discussed earlier herein.
>> Presumably you're using a recent enough version of Linux to be
>> able to mount by volume label rather than by partition name?
>> If so, sim
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Riley Williams wrote:
>
> Presumably you're using a recent enough version of Linux to be able to
> mount by volume label rather than by partition name? If so, simply use
> tune2fs to set a unique volume label for each partition on your USB hard
> drive and mount using that.
>
>
Hi James.
Presumably you're using a recent enough version of Linux to be able to
mount by volume label rather than by partition name? If so, simply use
tune2fs to set a unique volume label for each partition on your USB hard
drive and mount using that.
To do this, replace the FIRST entry on the r
