[Breezy]strange behaviour in usb-storage mount

I have the exact same problem with my external HD and I never modified
the device label.

On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 16:38 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hi Filippo!
> 
> Filippo Biondi [2005-10-19 11:09 +0200]:
> > Breezy mounts my Maxtor 80G usb-disk fine (it works), but device name on
> > the Desktop is very strange:
> > 
> >  < endl;
> > }
> > 
> > Yes, it's not a joke, this is what I read under the disk icon on the
> > desktop.
> 
> LOL, that is the weirdest device label I ever saw. I'm pretty sure
> that this is the actual device label as printed. Please cross-check
> with
> 
>   sudo blkid /dev/sd*
> 
> and look at the LABEL="..." attributes. Unfortunately there is no
> readily availble program to change the disk label for vfat partitions,
> so you either need to reformat your stick with
> 
>   sudo mkdosfs -n "yourlabel" <device>
> 
> or grab a hex editor and change the volume label in-place.
> 
> Martin