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

[Magnus Therning]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:31:47AM -0400, Carthik Sharma wrote:
>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.

You need to edit /etc/mtools.conf. Add something like this:

 drive d: file="/dev/sdb1"

Choose your own drive letter and the correct device. I haven't tried
renaming my USB stick (I'm happy with the name I gave it) but this at
least makes it turn up in MToolsFM (from the package mtoolsfm).

/M

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