GNU bug report logs - #34389
GNU Parted 3.2 – Claimed: msdos disk labels do not support partition name

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From: Ricky Tigg <ricky.tigg <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: GNU Parted 3.2 – Claimed: msdos disk labels do not support partition name
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 16:38:57 +0100

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Hi. *Parted* v. 3.2 claims *msdos disk labels do not support partition name*
.Commands executed in interactive *Parted*-shell:

(parted) mklabel msdos
(parted) mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%
(parted) name 1 USB
Error: msdos disk labels do not support partition name.

I then had to rely on *Gparted* v. 0.33  for creating a *partition name*:

$ blkid | grep sdc
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="USB" UUID="2b491b98-46e8-42fe-9e24-96e115532d99"
TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="2c168f1d-01"

Illustrated as well in the attachment.  Regards.

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Message #10 received at 34389-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: 34389-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34389: GNU Parted 3.2 –
 Claimed: msdos disk labels do not support partition name
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:35:03 -0800

On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 04:38:57PM +0100, Ricky Tigg wrote:
> Hi. *Parted* v. 3.2 claims *msdos disk labels do not support partition name*
> .Commands executed in interactive *Parted*-shell:
> 
> (parted) mklabel msdos
> (parted) mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%
> (parted) name 1 USB
> Error: msdos disk labels do not support partition name.
> 
> I then had to rely on *Gparted* v. 0.33  for creating a *partition name*:
> 
> $ blkid | grep sdc
> /dev/sdc1: LABEL="USB" UUID="2b491b98-46e8-42fe-9e24-96e115532d99"
> TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="2c168f1d-01"

This is a filesystem label, not a partition name. MSDOS has no space in
the partition table to store names.


-- 
Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT)

Message #13 received at 34389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricky Tigg <ricky.tigg <at> gmail.com>
To: 34389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:21:47 +0100

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Currently used terminology may had a role at the source of my confusion:
$ parted  -h
(...)
  name NUMBER NAME                         name partition NUMBER as NAME

I know now – which doesn't mean I am clever –."name partition " was meant
to be interpreted, possibly implicitly, that way you depicted. I would
certainly have interpreted correctly a terminology such as the one
illustrated here:
$ parted  -h
(...)
  name NUMBER NAME                         name filesystem label NUMBER as
NAME

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Message #16 received at 34389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: Ricky Tigg <ricky.tigg <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34389:
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:58:31 -0800

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:21:47AM +0100, Ricky Tigg wrote:
> Currently used terminology may had a role at the source of my confusion:
> $ parted  -h
> (...)
>   name NUMBER NAME                         name partition NUMBER as NAME
> 
> I know now – which doesn't mean I am clever –."name partition " was meant
> to be interpreted, possibly implicitly, that way you depicted. I would
> certainly have interpreted correctly a terminology such as the one
> illustrated here:
> $ parted  -h
> (...)
>   name NUMBER NAME                         name filesystem label NUMBER as
> NAME

That would be incorrect. parted doesn't do anything with filesystem
naming, only partition naming. eg. GPT supports partition names, but
MSDOS does not.

gparted combines features of parted with other filesystem features, allowing you to
set the filesystem name, or the partition name.

-- 
Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT)

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