Reg Clemens wrote: > OK, Im missing something. > Ive been following this thread since I have the same problem,- I want to mount > thumb-drives in known locations. > > Im not thrilled with labels, but if they will do the job, OK. > > However, I know how to label a ext2/3 drive with e2label, but for compatability > reasons (so I/we can move files from Windows <-> Linux all of my pen-drives > are formated as vfat. > > I see mlabel which claims to be able to label vfat drives. Im not sure that > the > whole mount thing will recognize those labels, but Im one stop back from being > able to try it. mlabel SEEMS to only want to work with file systems on > /dev/fd0 > so I have no way to label these pen-drives. > > So, how to get the label on the drive in the first place, and then can I > expect mount > to see it? > If you are creating a new file system, the -l option of mkdosfs will let you label the drive. I have not found any easy way to change the label under Linux. It looks like John Austin post on mlabels is the way to do it. A tools like e2label for FAT partitions would be handy. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
