Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 14:28 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> you may be able to solve the problem giving the drive a "name". For an >> ext2/3 partition, e2label works. For a FAT partition, it is easy to do >> in Windows, but I am not sure how to do it in Linux except on a new >> partition. (mkdosfs -n option.) > > The mlabel command allows you to label DOS-like things. The manpage for > it is a bit less than helpful in how you pick the drive to work on, you > use a drive letter, like DOS, but something else configures what the > letters refer to. The /etc/mtools.conf file is used to associate a > device on Linux with a DOS-like drive letter. > Thanks Tim, I had forgotten the mlabel command. I will have to set up a drive letter that points to the first USB flash drive just for labeling. (Actually 4 entries for by USB card reader - each slot is a SCSI device.) If I get some spare time, maybe I'll grab the code for mlabel, and see if I can modify it to accept /dev entries directly. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
