Bug 304209

Summary:	fat32 partition labeling not supported
Product:	[Applications] partitionmanager	Reporter:	Allen Webb <vertago1>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Volker Lanz <vl>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.0.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Allen Webb 2012-07-28 21:26:31 UTC

partitionmanager does not support labeling fat32 partitions.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. have a fat32 partition on the system (on a usb flash drive for example).
2. open partitionmanager and navigate to the physical volume of choice.
3. right click and select properties for the fat32 partition
4. the volume label is not editable because this feature is not yet supported (but is requested).
Actual Results:  
You cannot set or change the volume label

Expected Results:  
You would be able to set or change the volume label

This is a requested feature.

Comment 1 Jekyll Wu 2012-07-29 05:24:33 UTC

I can edit the label of FAT32 partitions without problem. Did you unmount the partition before trying to change its label?

Comment 2 Allen Webb 2012-07-29 14:42:25 UTC

I never mounted it. What version are you using?

Comment 3 Jekyll Wu 2012-07-29 15:02:27 UTC

Using partitionmanager-1.0.3_p20110912 (a snapshot) in Gentoo.

Comment 4 Allen Webb 2012-07-29 16:15:10 UTC

I am using 1.0.3-0ubuntu4 (precise). I will probably need to see what the compilation flags are for Gentoo.

Comment 5 Allen Webb 2012-07-29 16:45:31 UTC

I downloaded the source package at http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/precise/partition-manager
built it it, ran it, and it cannot change the volume label for fat32 either.
In the CHANGES file it has: 1.0.3 (2010-09-01)
as the last entry.

To do the build I extracted the tar, installed the dependent packages, made the build directory, ran cmake, make and then found the executable and ran sudo ./partitionmanager-bin

Are there any patches to the Gentoo package?

Comment 6 Volker Lanz 2012-07-30 17:41:41 UTC

Gentoo ship an svn snapshot that supports setting labels for FAT32. Kubuntu ships the original 1.0.3 which does not.