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. Apparently if you put something like drive f: file="/dev/sda1" in /etc/mtools.conf you can then use mlabel on "drive f:". Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail: james@ | To call it a u-turn would be like describing an s-bend as aprilcottage.co.uk | a corkscrew. | -- http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=35396