<div>On 9/15/05, Magnus Therning <<a href="mailto:magnus@therning.org">magnus@therning.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:31:47AM -0400, Carthik Sharma wrote: >On 9/15/05, Magnus Therning <<a href="mailto:magnus@therning.org">magnus@therning.org</a>> wrote: <bigsnip /></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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</blockquote><div> </div></div>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. -- Ph.D. Candidate University of Central Florida Homepage: <a href="http://carthik.net">http://carthik.net</a>