[plug] Partition/volume label change

[Bret Busby]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Jim Householder wrote:

> 
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/mlabel.1.html
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mlabel1.html
>>>> 
>>>> and about 670 more...
>>>> 
> Thanks.  I've seen these, and they do not tell me how to specify the device.
> I need the label on the device (automounted usb drive) so it can be handled 
> automatically on multiple systems and be uniquely identified on the desktop, 
> mounted or not.
> mount and fstab options do not appear to be suitable.
>>>> ..............
>

Sorry - I hadn't realised it was for a USB device. Now I understand what 
you want - like using the label command in DOS, to put a label on a 
floppy disk (remember those?).

I did a google search using the strings "howto", "label", "usb drive", 
and "linux", got about 22,000 results, and one result is at 
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/03/01/editing-fat32-partition-labels-using-mtools/

I hope that that is a bit more useful.

I note that you did not state your distribution.

I assume that the above will work for whatever distribution you are 
using.


Must get some sleep....

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Bret Busby
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