Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition
On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 20:07:24 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit :
> >Partitions:
> > #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive"
> > #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive
> > #5 is fat32 62.5 GiB [31.5 GiB used] with no label
> (...)
> >I attempted to label partition 5 with Gparted, but the "Label" menu
> >option was greyed out.
> >The "Label" option was available for partition 1. I had no problem
> >creating partition 6 as fat32 and labeling it.
>
> Gparted needs external software to enable some features.
> According to <http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php>, mtools is
> required to change the label on a FAT filesystem.
A nice resolution of the issue; tested to work. mtools is a Suggests: of
gparted. People will not get it on a default Debian.
--
Brian.
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