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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: rename flash drive auto mount point
From:       Lamar Owen <lowen () pari ! edu>
Date:       2011-03-30 16:00:57
Message-ID: 201103301200.57478.lowen () pari ! edu
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On Friday, March 25, 2011 09:56:19 pm Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> But, the version of mlabel that Fedora provides does *not* support the
> -i flag that the posted solution says to use.  Perhaps the -i flag is an
> Ubuntu only extension to their version of mlabel?
> 
> So Aaron is right, the posted solution is not useful to Fedora users.

Sorry, please read the full relevant manual section at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html#SEC5

Then try the '-i' option; no, it doesn't show up in the man page, but that's because \
it's a GNU program stuck on texinfo instead of man pages.

Repeating: for *many* GNU-originated packages the man pages are incomplete, and you \
must use the texinfo manual. Or you will be using outdated, unmaintained, \
documentation since the man pages aren't well maintained, since the primary docs for \
those packages are in texinfo format.

Or to demonstrate:
[root@localhost ~]# uname -r
2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q mtools
mtools-4.0.13-2.fc14.x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# mlabel --help
Mtools version 4.0.13, dated February 28th, 2010
Usage: mlabel [-vscVn] [-N serial] drive:
[root@localhost ~]# mlabel -i /dev/sdc1 -s ::
 Volume has no label
[root@localhost ~]# which dosfslabel
/sbin/dosfslabel
[root@localhost ~]# dosfslabel /dev/sdc1
FEDORA     
[root@localhost ~]#

Note that the label seen and manipulated by dosfslabel is the one that F14 is using \
for the mount point: [root@localhost ~]# mount
[snip]
/dev/sdc1 on /media/FEDORA type vfat \
(rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=501,utf8,shortname=mixed,flush) [root@localhost ~]# 

So the answer for the OP: use dosfslabel since it seems to really change the label \
that F14 is using.  The mlabel utility, while it seems to be doing the proper thing \
with -i, isn't picking up the proper label.

Good grief, guys, check your facts before posting that the version the poster is \
                using isn't in F14.
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