bummer.... new drive:

mount
...
/dev/sdd1 on /media/bmike1/OpenELEC type vfat
(rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks2)
<unmout device with file manager>
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdd1
mkfs.vfat 3.0.13 (30 Jun 2012)
/dev/sdd1: No such file or directory
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdd1
mkfs.vfat 3.0.13 (30 Jun 2012)
/dev/sdd1: No such file or directory
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:/media/bmike1/OpenELEC$ sudo e2label /dev/sdd1 Pny2G
e2label: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sdd1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.

what am I doing wrong?

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <ry@n.rix.si> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, you're right Mike.
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive#FAT16_and_FAT32
>>
>> Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <mike.ballon@gmail.com>
>> > 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" <bmike1@gmail.com> 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
>> >         <mike.ballon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >             e2label
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >             On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Michael Havens
>> >             <bmike1@gmail.com> 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~(-:
>> >
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