Hallo, Duncan,
Du meintest am 27.02.12:
>>> I've said this several times: Your expectations are wrong. You
>>> don't label partitions.
>> Yes - now I know.
>> But I'm afraid other people also expect wrong - when I use
>> mkfs.ext[234] then this option works (in another way than with
>> "mkfs.btrfs").
> AFAIK, it works in the same way... that is, it labels the, in that
> case, ext2/3/4 filesystem, in this case (mkfs.btrfs), btrfs
> filesystem.
> From the manpages:
> mkfs.btrfs (aka mkbtrfs):
> -L, --label name
> Specify a label for the filesystem.
> mkfs.ext2/3/4 (aka mke2fs):
> -L new-volume-label
> Set the volume label for the filesystem to
> new-volume-label. The maximum length of the
> volume label is 16 bytes.
But there's a small difference:
mke2fs -L MyLabel /dev/sdn4
only sets/changes the label (ok - it tests the type of the partition and
refuses labeling if the type doesn't fit).
mkfs.btrfs -L MyLabel /dev/sdn4
not only sets/changes the label but also (re-)creates a btrfs
filesystem, using the default parameters.
I had to learn this difference ...
Viele Gruesse!
Helmut
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