How can I change the name of a partition?












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I want to change the name of my partition so that I can change the directory from the terminal using the changed name. The current path to the partition is /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 which is long and I cannot remember it. I tried to change the path using GParted, also tried renaming the partition (or rather its bookmark) but to no avail.



How can I achieve it? I am running Ubuntu 18.10 along with Windows 10. I want to be able to use that drive/partition on Windows as well.



Edit:



The output of cat /etc/fstab is



# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=e8118874-6565-45c7-bab4-67ee65476e60 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/3C5234155233D1FE /mnt/3C5234155233D1FE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 /mnt/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0









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  • You should have successfully renaming the partition label using Gparted, what did go wrong may I ask? I've never encounter a problem before...

    – Emmet
    1 hour ago











  • edit your post and include the output of cat /etc/fstab

    – Carl H
    1 hour ago











  • Use Disks utility.

    – Pilot6
    57 mins ago











  • @Emmet I changed the name to F: using GParted. It shows the name in File Explorer but not in the path. cd "F:" does not work in terminal.

    – Apoorv Potnis
    55 mins ago













  • @CarlH Added the output.

    – Apoorv Potnis
    52 mins ago
















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I want to change the name of my partition so that I can change the directory from the terminal using the changed name. The current path to the partition is /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 which is long and I cannot remember it. I tried to change the path using GParted, also tried renaming the partition (or rather its bookmark) but to no avail.



How can I achieve it? I am running Ubuntu 18.10 along with Windows 10. I want to be able to use that drive/partition on Windows as well.



Edit:



The output of cat /etc/fstab is



# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=e8118874-6565-45c7-bab4-67ee65476e60 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/3C5234155233D1FE /mnt/3C5234155233D1FE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 /mnt/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0









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  • You should have successfully renaming the partition label using Gparted, what did go wrong may I ask? I've never encounter a problem before...

    – Emmet
    1 hour ago











  • edit your post and include the output of cat /etc/fstab

    – Carl H
    1 hour ago











  • Use Disks utility.

    – Pilot6
    57 mins ago











  • @Emmet I changed the name to F: using GParted. It shows the name in File Explorer but not in the path. cd "F:" does not work in terminal.

    – Apoorv Potnis
    55 mins ago













  • @CarlH Added the output.

    – Apoorv Potnis
    52 mins ago














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I want to change the name of my partition so that I can change the directory from the terminal using the changed name. The current path to the partition is /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 which is long and I cannot remember it. I tried to change the path using GParted, also tried renaming the partition (or rather its bookmark) but to no avail.



How can I achieve it? I am running Ubuntu 18.10 along with Windows 10. I want to be able to use that drive/partition on Windows as well.



Edit:



The output of cat /etc/fstab is



# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=e8118874-6565-45c7-bab4-67ee65476e60 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/3C5234155233D1FE /mnt/3C5234155233D1FE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 /mnt/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0









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I want to change the name of my partition so that I can change the directory from the terminal using the changed name. The current path to the partition is /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 which is long and I cannot remember it. I tried to change the path using GParted, also tried renaming the partition (or rather its bookmark) but to no avail.



How can I achieve it? I am running Ubuntu 18.10 along with Windows 10. I want to be able to use that drive/partition on Windows as well.



Edit:



The output of cat /etc/fstab is



# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=e8118874-6565-45c7-bab4-67ee65476e60 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/3C5234155233D1FE /mnt/3C5234155233D1FE auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 /mnt/7A7E1A557E1A0B11 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0






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  • You should have successfully renaming the partition label using Gparted, what did go wrong may I ask? I've never encounter a problem before...

    – Emmet
    1 hour ago











  • edit your post and include the output of cat /etc/fstab

    – Carl H
    1 hour ago











  • Use Disks utility.

    – Pilot6
    57 mins ago











  • @Emmet I changed the name to F: using GParted. It shows the name in File Explorer but not in the path. cd "F:" does not work in terminal.

    – Apoorv Potnis
    55 mins ago













  • @CarlH Added the output.

    – Apoorv Potnis
    52 mins ago



















  • You should have successfully renaming the partition label using Gparted, what did go wrong may I ask? I've never encounter a problem before...

    – Emmet
    1 hour ago











  • edit your post and include the output of cat /etc/fstab

    – Carl H
    1 hour ago











  • Use Disks utility.

    – Pilot6
    57 mins ago











  • @Emmet I changed the name to F: using GParted. It shows the name in File Explorer but not in the path. cd "F:" does not work in terminal.

    – Apoorv Potnis
    55 mins ago













  • @CarlH Added the output.

    – Apoorv Potnis
    52 mins ago

















You should have successfully renaming the partition label using Gparted, what did go wrong may I ask? I've never encounter a problem before...

– Emmet
1 hour ago





You should have successfully renaming the partition label using Gparted, what did go wrong may I ask? I've never encounter a problem before...

– Emmet
1 hour ago













edit your post and include the output of cat /etc/fstab

– Carl H
1 hour ago





edit your post and include the output of cat /etc/fstab

– Carl H
1 hour ago













Use Disks utility.

– Pilot6
57 mins ago





Use Disks utility.

– Pilot6
57 mins ago













@Emmet I changed the name to F: using GParted. It shows the name in File Explorer but not in the path. cd "F:" does not work in terminal.

– Apoorv Potnis
55 mins ago







@Emmet I changed the name to F: using GParted. It shows the name in File Explorer but not in the path. cd "F:" does not work in terminal.

– Apoorv Potnis
55 mins ago















@CarlH Added the output.

– Apoorv Potnis
52 mins ago





@CarlH Added the output.

– Apoorv Potnis
52 mins ago










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You don't need to change the label, only the mountpoint. First, run sudo nano /etc/fstab and change this line:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


To this:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/myDisk auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


Of course, you can change myDisk to whatever name you want. Then, create the directory:



sudo mkdir /mnt/myDisk


Next, either reboot or just unmount the partition and mount it again:



sudo umount /mnt/8C5442D35442C026
sudo mount /mnt/myDisk




Alternatively, you could always simply create a symlink pointing to the existing mountpoint:



ln -s /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 $HOME/myDisk


Now, you have the directory $HOME/myDisk and you can use that instead of /mnt/8C5442D35442C026.






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  • I do add labels to all partitions, but more for the ones I do not mount in fstab or only use occasionally. I try to remember to add label when creating partition or reformatting partition with gparted, but otherwise will use Disks to add labels or command line.

    – oldfred
    15 mins ago











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You don't need to change the label, only the mountpoint. First, run sudo nano /etc/fstab and change this line:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


To this:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/myDisk auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


Of course, you can change myDisk to whatever name you want. Then, create the directory:



sudo mkdir /mnt/myDisk


Next, either reboot or just unmount the partition and mount it again:



sudo umount /mnt/8C5442D35442C026
sudo mount /mnt/myDisk




Alternatively, you could always simply create a symlink pointing to the existing mountpoint:



ln -s /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 $HOME/myDisk


Now, you have the directory $HOME/myDisk and you can use that instead of /mnt/8C5442D35442C026.






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  • I do add labels to all partitions, but more for the ones I do not mount in fstab or only use occasionally. I try to remember to add label when creating partition or reformatting partition with gparted, but otherwise will use Disks to add labels or command line.

    – oldfred
    15 mins ago
















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You don't need to change the label, only the mountpoint. First, run sudo nano /etc/fstab and change this line:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


To this:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/myDisk auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


Of course, you can change myDisk to whatever name you want. Then, create the directory:



sudo mkdir /mnt/myDisk


Next, either reboot or just unmount the partition and mount it again:



sudo umount /mnt/8C5442D35442C026
sudo mount /mnt/myDisk




Alternatively, you could always simply create a symlink pointing to the existing mountpoint:



ln -s /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 $HOME/myDisk


Now, you have the directory $HOME/myDisk and you can use that instead of /mnt/8C5442D35442C026.






share|improve this answer


























  • I do add labels to all partitions, but more for the ones I do not mount in fstab or only use occasionally. I try to remember to add label when creating partition or reformatting partition with gparted, but otherwise will use Disks to add labels or command line.

    – oldfred
    15 mins ago














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You don't need to change the label, only the mountpoint. First, run sudo nano /etc/fstab and change this line:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


To this:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/myDisk auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


Of course, you can change myDisk to whatever name you want. Then, create the directory:



sudo mkdir /mnt/myDisk


Next, either reboot or just unmount the partition and mount it again:



sudo umount /mnt/8C5442D35442C026
sudo mount /mnt/myDisk




Alternatively, you could always simply create a symlink pointing to the existing mountpoint:



ln -s /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 $HOME/myDisk


Now, you have the directory $HOME/myDisk and you can use that instead of /mnt/8C5442D35442C026.






share|improve this answer















You don't need to change the label, only the mountpoint. First, run sudo nano /etc/fstab and change this line:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


To this:



/dev/disk/by-uuid/8C5442D35442C026 /mnt/myDisk auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


Of course, you can change myDisk to whatever name you want. Then, create the directory:



sudo mkdir /mnt/myDisk


Next, either reboot or just unmount the partition and mount it again:



sudo umount /mnt/8C5442D35442C026
sudo mount /mnt/myDisk




Alternatively, you could always simply create a symlink pointing to the existing mountpoint:



ln -s /mnt/8C5442D35442C026 $HOME/myDisk


Now, you have the directory $HOME/myDisk and you can use that instead of /mnt/8C5442D35442C026.







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  • I do add labels to all partitions, but more for the ones I do not mount in fstab or only use occasionally. I try to remember to add label when creating partition or reformatting partition with gparted, but otherwise will use Disks to add labels or command line.

    – oldfred
    15 mins ago



















  • I do add labels to all partitions, but more for the ones I do not mount in fstab or only use occasionally. I try to remember to add label when creating partition or reformatting partition with gparted, but otherwise will use Disks to add labels or command line.

    – oldfred
    15 mins ago

















I do add labels to all partitions, but more for the ones I do not mount in fstab or only use occasionally. I try to remember to add label when creating partition or reformatting partition with gparted, but otherwise will use Disks to add labels or command line.

– oldfred
15 mins ago





I do add labels to all partitions, but more for the ones I do not mount in fstab or only use occasionally. I try to remember to add label when creating partition or reformatting partition with gparted, but otherwise will use Disks to add labels or command line.

– oldfred
15 mins ago


















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