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Renaming a partition

Posted by ricky2007, 06-21-2007, 05:37 PM

Hello people of WHT! I've spent a while on google and the forums but couldnt find an answer to a question. Is it possible to change the name of a partition in linux? e.g. its currently called Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol00 (/) But i would rather name is something normal like /dev/sda1 Is this possible with out losing any data? If so how can this be done? Many thanks for any help.

Posted by senne, 06-21-2007, 05:45 PM

you are using lvm and yes it can be done (not in the way /dev/sdax),I'd rather not do that.try to read something more about volume manager and it's only about name convention.

Posted by ricky2007, 06-21-2007, 06:10 PM

So i cant rename /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol00 to something shorter?

Posted by gbjbaanb, 06-21-2007, 06:18 PM

The suggestion was that you can rename the volume, but not to call it /dev/sdax. The command you want is lvrename, and try "lvm help" for some details. Here's a link to help you get started, and it has a few links to LVM docs.

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