[Bug 33794] Re: hal lists msdos compatibility label instead of full label

[Tristan Wibberley]

set up mtools to define a drive letter for your usb memory stick by
adding the following line to /etc/mtools.conf:

    drive u: file="/dev/sdb1"

ensure your usb memory stick is not mounted but that its partitions are
shown.

  $ sudo umount /media/

set a vfat label:

  $ sudo drive u: file="/dev/sdb1"

marvell:

  $ mlabel -s u:
   Volume label is Martin Pitt's 512MB Stick (abbr=MARTIN PITT)

mount it again, eg by ejecting, retracting, and reinserting and see how
everything calls the stick by its abbreviated name (in this case "MARTIN
PITT"). This unfortunately wouldn't distinguish between the 512MB drive
named above and another drive named "Martin Pitt's 128MB Stick"

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hal lists msdos compatibility label instead of full label
https://launchpad.net/bugs/33794