On 17-Jan-08, 14:52 (CST), "brian m. carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:32:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Aren't there already ways to do this? For example,
>>
>> # tune2fs -L <some_label> /dev/[sh]d[a-z][1-15]
>
> If you're looking for naming a partition, then yes, that method works
> (assuming, of course, that it is ext[23]). If you're looking for a
> disklabel (also known as a partition table), then that method won't
> work, but you can use parted or the appropriate fdisk tool. It's
> somewhat difficult to tell, since there is no long description.
> Consider this a request for one.
Looking at the website, it appears to be the former. It looks like a
wrapper that determines whether the FS in question is ext[23] or msdos,
and make the appropriate utility call.
However, I don't read Spanish, so there may be more to it.
Steve
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