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How do I specify a label/path with spaces in /etc/fstab? [closed]

February 17, 2023 by Tarik

You can use the escape sequence \040 to escape spaces: # UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM /host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none swap sw 0 0 LABEL=Expansion\040Drive /media/Expansion\040Drive ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0022,fmask=0133 0 0 LABEL=Expansion\040Drive_ /media/Expansion\040Drive_ ntfs-3g defaults,umask=0022,fmask=0133 0 0 BTW, you cannot quote part of the string like you mentioned in the question. If you’re quoting, you need to quote … Read more

How to list physical disks?

January 26, 2023 by Tarik

#WMIC wmic is a very complete tool wmic diskdrive list provide a (too much) detailed list, for instance for less info wmic diskdrive list brief #C Sebastian Godelet mentions in the comments: In C: system(“wmic diskdrive list”); As commented, you can also call the WinAPI, but… as shown in “How to obtain data from WMI … Read more