Re: Rename external HD

I did read that section. In fact I read it before I posted to the
list. No where in that section does in indicate how to apply the
mkdosfs command to an external drive. If you could be so kind as to
provide me with the method to apply this information to my particular
circumstance I would be very appreciative.

Bob

On 5/30/07, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 18:09 -0800, Bob Cortez wrote:
The file system of the hd is vfat.

Then you should have followed my advice and read the SEE ALSO section of
"man mkfs", which would have forwarded you to "man mkfs.vfat", where you
would have found this:

SYNOPSIS
mkdosfs [ -A ] [ -b sector-of-backup ] [ -c ] [ -l filename ] [ -C ]
[ -f number-of-FATs ] [ -F FAT-size ] [ -h number-of-hidden-sectors ]
[ -i volume-id ] [ -I ] [ -m message-file ] [ -n volume-name ] [ -r
root-dir-entries ] [ -R number-of-reserved-sectors ] [ -s
sectors-per-cluster ] [-S logical-sector-size ] [ -v ] device
[ block-count ]

...

-n volume-name
Sets the volume name (label) of the filesystem. The volume name can be
up to 11 characters long. The default is no label.


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