that wouldn't change a vfat system but it inspired the correct search terms and I found 'dosfslabel'. Thanks for the help, man:D :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Ryan Rix wrote: > Yeah, you're right Mike. > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive#FAT16_and_FAT32 > > Michael Havens writes: > > same thing: > > > > sudo e2label /dev/sdd1 Goodwill > > e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open > > /dev/sdd1 > > Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. > > > > could it be because it is a vfat file system? (while I love linux I > > like to have the ability for my flash drives to be used on common > > computers) > > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Mike Ballon > > wrote: > > > > It's I file system label so yes, you'll need to format. If there > > is no partition will have to create a partition before you can do > > a mkfs gparted should do all that for you > > > > > > > > On May 5, 2014 7:47 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Mike. Does this error mean I need to format the drive? > > > > > > > > sudo e2label /dev/sdc1 Goodwill > > e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open > > /dev/sdc1 > > Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. > > > > > > This is what 'mount' shows sdc1 to be: > > > > > > > > /dev/sdc1 on /media/bmike1/OpenELEC type vfat > > > (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1, > > showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks2) > > > > > > and to format this and apply the label it would be: > > > > mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdc1;e2label /dev/sdc1 Goodwill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Mike Ballon > > wrote: > > > > > > e2label > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Michael Havens > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I have a few flash drives. When I plug them in to my > > computer a name referring to that flash drive appears > > in the file manager. I have two questions: the first > > is how do I change that name? The second is how do I > > set that name when I format the drive? > > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > > settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > > settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >