How do I edit labels for a fat-32 (or vfat) partition

[Carthik Sharma]

On 9/15/05, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 06:50:11AM -0400, Carthik Sharma wrote:
> >I have external HDDs which have vfat partitions without labels. So ubuntu
> >automounts them to /media/usbdisk(-n)
> >I understand that this is because the partitions or drives dont have 
> volume
> >labels.
> >
> >How can I create or edit volume labels for such partitions in linux?
> 
> Have you checked if any of the tools in the mtools package can do it?


Woot! I can do it with the mlabel command. Now if only I could figure out 
how to access the drives using mtools... any quick clues? I tried skimming 
the mtools online doc, which doesn't describe the process, and instead just 
lists the various commands available.

Carthik.

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