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

[Carthik Sharma]

On 9/15/05, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:31:47AM -0400, Carthik Sharma wrote:
> >On 9/15/05, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
> <bigsnip />



> 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


Alright, I did it.

Step by step instructions to re-label fat partitions follows:

1) Install mtools:
$sudo apt-get install mtools

2) After the usb mount is automounted after plugging in, find out the device 
descriptor using:
$mount
and Note down where it says "sda1" or similar

3) copy the mtools.conf to ~/.mtoolsrc
$cp /etc/mtools.conf ~/.mtoolsrc

4) Edit ~/.mtoolsrc to add one line at the very end:
drive i: file="/dev/sda2"
--you may have to change sda2 to something else depending on what you got in 
step 2 above.

5) Change to the "drive" i:
$mcd i:

6) Check what the label for the drive is currently:
$sudo mlabel -s i:

7) Change the label to something pretty:
$sudo mlabel i:magnus
Yes, I named my ipod after the gallant man who showed me the way!

8) Check if the label has changed:
$sudo mlabel -s i:
I got the following output --
Volume label is MAGNUS

You're all set!!

Thanks again, Magnus.

Carthik.

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University of Central Florida
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