>From: Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Date: 2007/08/10 Fri AM 10:59:50 CDT >To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: Re: How can you get a Seagate USB 160 GB drive to mount? >On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 10:20 -0500, rlengland@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> I don't think I've placed a label on an external device after the >> fact. What is the procedure? And does it have any harmful effects >> on data on the device? > >With a FAT filing system, the easiest way is to use Windows to do it. >Just right click and rename the drive. > >To do the same (rename a FAT filing system volume label) on Linux, >requires using mtools (which you'll probably have to yum install). >You'll have to configure a drive letter to apply to that drive (set >in /etc/mtools.conf), then you use the mlabel command to change that >drive letter's volume label. > >e.g. In the mtools.conf file you might have an entry like: >drive f: file="/dev/sda1" >Then you'd do something like the following to call it "timsdrive": >mlabel f:timsdrive > >Either way, this only affects the drive name/label. > >-- >[tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr >2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 > >Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. > >Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. >I read messages from the public lists. > > > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Hmmm.... Now I've got to decide. Do I want to make a minor research project out of this, or do I just want to slap the drive on the Windoze box and have done with it. Well, it won't happen till this evening, what ever it is. Thank you Tim. I'll post the results. ~~R ~~R
