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rename device [SOLVED ]

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how to rename usb ext hdd

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Re: rename device

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I would imagine the following will work for you... https://www.sinisterstuf.org/blog/345/r ... s-in-linux

or just to copy the important info from there so you don't have to go to that link if you don't want to...

gives you the current drive info...

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blkid
FAT32...

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mlabel -i /dev/sdb1 ::Camera
NTFS...

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ntfslabel /dev/sdb1 movie_drive
EXT...

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e2label /dev/sdb1 live-usb
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