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Re: How do I rename an external drive?
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2019, 02:28:10 PM »
 

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Just a note

It's possible to do it with Gparted also if you prefer. Select the correct drive from the device dropdown in right upper corner. It must  be unmounted before you can rename it. Right click the partition and  unmount it. When unmounted Right click the partition again and select "Label file system"
 

Re: How do I rename an external drive?
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2019, 09:18:02 AM »
 

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Re: How do I rename an external drive?
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2019, 09:15:47 AM »
 

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the drive has to be unmounted before any changes can be made.

Many thanks DeepThought.
Problem now solved, with the drives now showing in the Thunar file manager as LaCie1 and LaCie2  8)
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung netbook) installed in Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)  
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
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Re: How do I rename an external drive?
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2019, 09:01:01 AM »
 

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Sorry, forgot to mention the drive has to be unmounted before any changes can be made.
Go to Disks, highlight the drive and just to the left of the cogs is a black square, click on that to unmount the drive.
Then carry on with the cogs to rename as mentioned before.
Then click on the play button that replaced the black square to remount, or just unplug/replug your external hdd.
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Re: How do I rename an external drive?
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2019, 08:55:03 AM »
 

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@DeepThought

When I do this I get the following notification message:
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                                Error setting label
Cannot change label on mounted device of type filesystem:ntfs.
 (udisks-error-quark, 11)


As I'm dual-booted, I'll try in Win8.1 & post back the result ...

64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung netbook) installed in Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)  
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
 

Re: How do I rename an external drive?
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2019, 07:57:16 AM »
 

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Go to menu ---> Disks
Highlight the drive you want to change, then click on the cog wheel underneath the drive on the right.
Click on "Edit Filesystem" and rename label.
Hope this helps :)

A little reading if you are interested :)

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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive
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How do I rename an external drive?
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2019, 07:47:58 AM »
 

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I have two identical external LaCie drives. 
When they are both plugged in (at the same time), only one "LaCie" is listed. I guess I need to rename them "LaCie1" and "LaCie2" to avoid this, but would appreciate if someone could advise on how to do it.  I went to Menu --> Disks but couldn't find anything there to help.I'm unsure of the command line for this too.


All help much appreciated, as ever
Mike
« Last Edit: March 30, 2019, 09:16:50 AM by m654321 »
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung netbook) installed in Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)  
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
 

 

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