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- Its nice and easy in Disks app. Just plug in your drive, select it, press the cog. Edit Mount Options Change the label and/or display name.
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Apr 17, 2019 · You can always name an EXT file-system. With GPT you can name a partition too. I would boot a Live Session Mint and use the Accessory gparted to do that. Your mount instructions in File /etc/fstab would need to be manually edited and a new mount point (folder) made.
Jul 21, 2022 · #1. A few years ago I discovered how to do this in Linux Mint...which comes in very handy especially if you have two Flash Drives plugged in at once or if you have Booted to your Mint ISO...mounted the main Drive and want to transfer files to another Flash Drive. Plug in Flash Drive or External HDD...then type...Disks in Search Box and hit Enter.
Aug 1, 2012 · Your best option is to manually determine the drives by plugging the first drive into the SATA port, give it a NAME in your OS (Windows or Linux), label the cable physically, and then attach the second drive to SATA and give it a label.
Oct 12, 2013 · Method 2# using mtools. Install package using. sudo apt-get install mtools. unmount the external drive, Partitions generally need to be unmounted before you can fiddle with them, so unmount the partition of the device you want to change the label for: sudo umount <device>.
Jun 10, 2016 · You can use GParted to rename partition. To install GParted use, $ sudo apt-get install gparted. Launch GParted -> Unmount the drive -> Rename by setting new label. For more info visit this website.
Sep 20, 2019 · 1) Go to your applications. 2) Search for Disks. 3) Click on Disks to start the application. 4) Select the hard disk on the left. 5) Then select the partition to be renamed to the right under Volumes. 6) Click on the little block / stop icon to unmount the partition (Unmount selected partition) 7) Click on the gear icon.
Nov 1, 2011 · Use the Disk Utility Provided by ubuntu. For Ubuntu 15.10. Search Disks in the Dashboard. Open Disks-> Click on the settings of the required hard drive.-> Edit File Sytem->change the required name. Note: Unmount(by clicking on the stop icon) the drive before you change the Labels.