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Idea #62: Possibility to create, rename and delete volume labels

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #8008: Provide a simple interface for labeling partitions and external drives.
Written by luohan the 28 Feb 08 at 16:12. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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in Nautilus?
Tags: label

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #62
Written by luohan the 28 Feb 08 at 16:12.
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MighMoS wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 16:22
Can't you already do that? I'm on Gutsy and when I plug in a USB stick, I can right click and edit via the tabs. Or is this something else?

wolfier wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:14
I support this feature on the condition that it won't create a support nightmare.

charlieman wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 03:47
@MighMoS: It works with USB sticks, but not with partitions on the hard drive.

salinon wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 21:41
yeah, this does not work with partitions on the hard drive. Theres are a messy solution in the forums somewhere, but for a newbie like me, i'd like to rename a label with the same ease as if it were a directory name.

rsepulvedacl wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 21:47
I guess that this is possible only when you have administration rights. But why not to open a window asking for password when you want to do this?

rawsausage wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 23:22
It has been impossible to implement in Gnome due to deficiencies in present virtual fs layer. That layer will be fixed in the next release, making building this properly into the properties dialog of Nautilus possible. Just bump the developers to do it upstream Gnome and voila.

probono wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 16:35
See Mac OS X. There, renaming a HD is just as easy (and works exactly the same) as renaming a file.

droetker wrote on the 7 Apr 08 at 14:54
So should it be. mark it, press F2, label it. As simple as it can be.
+1

Eldmannen wrote on the 14 Jul 08 at 00:29
Mockup;
* http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3985/labelab6.png

pescez wrote on the 6 Oct 08 at 12:21
+1!


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