On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 20:07:24 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit : > >Partitions: > > #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" > > #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive > > #5 is fat32 62.5 GiB [31.5 GiB used] with no label > (...) > >I attempted to label partition 5 with Gparted, but the "Label" menu > >option was greyed out. > >The "Label" option was available for partition 1. I had no problem > >creating partition 6 as fat32 and labeling it. > > Gparted needs external software to enable some features. > According to <http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php>, mtools is > required to change the label on a FAT filesystem.
A nice resolution of the issue; tested to work. mtools is a Suggests: of gparted. People will not get it on a default Debian. -- Brian.
