Modify partitions labels on linux

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Modify partitions labels on linux












All these commands should be done by the administrator (root mode).
Give names of the simplest possible partitions (if possible only alphanumeric characters (a. .. z and 0 ... 9) and - and _.
This information is from a forum Fedora and Ubuntu forum.

Ext2/ext3 Partitions


There are two commands: 

tune2fs -L mon_label /dev/partition

/sbin/e2label /dev/partition mon_label

FAT/FAT16/FAT32 Partitions


You must install the mtools packets.
Then type: 

sudo mlabel -i /dev/partition ::my_label

NTS Partitions


You must install the ntfsprogs

The command is: ntfslabel /dev/partition my_label.
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