you know..... I thought that may have been the problem but the partition was listed as 'sde1. I thought that if it was formatted Microsoft the device would have been 'sde'. but it was not. thanks for the help! On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Tom Roche wrote: > > Michael Havens > http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/message/20151203.184520.a1001ce5.en.html > > I'm trying to change the label on a usbdrive so.... > > > bmike1@c521 ~ $ e2label /dev/sde1 RedSanDisk > > > [various problems ensue] > > Are you sure the USB drive is one of {ext2, ext3, ext4}? If so, I've never > had a problem with `e2label` in those cases. But if the drive format is > FAT*, try `mlabel` or `dosfslabel`. > > HTH, Tom Roche > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: