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bug#34389: GNU Parted 3.2 – Claimed: msdos disk labels do not support pa
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Brian C. Lane |
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bug#34389: GNU Parted 3.2 – Claimed: msdos disk labels do not support partition name |
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Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:35:03 -0800 |
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Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 04:38:57PM +0100, Ricky Tigg wrote:
> Hi. *Parted* v. 3.2 claims *msdos disk labels do not support partition name*
> .Commands executed in interactive *Parted*-shell:
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> (parted) mklabel msdos
> (parted) mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%
> (parted) name 1 USB
> Error: msdos disk labels do not support partition name.
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> I then had to rely on *Gparted* v. 0.33 for creating a *partition name*:
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> $ blkid | grep sdc
> /dev/sdc1: LABEL="USB" UUID="2b491b98-46e8-42fe-9e24-96e115532d99"
> TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="2c168f1d-01"
This is a filesystem label, not a partition name. MSDOS has no space in
the partition table to store names.
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Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT)