On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 11:07 +0100, David Bolt wrote:
On Saturday 03 October 2009 10:00:36 Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Saturday, 2009-10-03 at 01:59 +0100, David Bolt wrote:
On Saturday 03 October 2009 01:55:42 Carlos E. R. wrote:
mlabel (1) - make an MSDOS volume label
Oh good. Now I don't need to reformat the things to set a volume label.
And that comment was made before I delved into just how usable it would be for me.
The problem is, that each format type has its own tools, and that "man mkfs.msdos" does not reference mlabel at all, because it belongs to a very different set of tools - thus it is not easy to find out what to use for labeling an vfat partition, or any other type of partition, as a matter of fact.
Actually, looking at mlabel and all the setting up to make it work, I seriously think I'll stick with reformatting the USB keys and flash cards. It looks as though I'd need to make changes for each different one I want to relabel. It'd be quicker for me to reformat giving it the new label, packing and unpacking any contents if required.
IIRC, the YaST Partitioner tool will set a label without reformatting the partition in question. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org