Change device/partition label

Michael Cronenworth mike at cchtml.com
Thu Aug 8 23:14:19 UTC 2013


On 08/08/2013 02:52 PM, Mark Haney wrote:
> I know this is an easy one, but I can't seem to find the current
> correct way to do it.  I've got a TB HDD that I need to change the
> LABEL on.  Currently it's 'LIVE' (it's an old production drive) and I
> really want to just remove the label altogether and mount it with the
> UUID of the drive.
> 
> What's the best and most current way to do it?  I was thinking e2label
> will do it, but it's been so long since I've done it, I'm playing it
> safe.
> 
> Ideas?


Disks (from the Gnome Shell) or gnome-disks from a shell. Click on the "gears"
icon on the partition and select Edit Filesystem to change the label.


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