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Subject: Re: Problem with usb-storage and /dev/sd?
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    Hi Pete :)

 * Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> dixit:
> > Which label will a random USB stick have?
> GUID, I presume. Ask Andries Brouwer, he hacked on that, IIRC.
> Actually msdos has on-disk format for user-settable labels in
> the way analoguous to tune2fs -L label. I just do not know if
> our implementation recognizes them.

    My vfat's in my MP3 player and the USB stick doesn't have a
label, at least not one usable by 'mount' (which only uses ext2/3
labels and xfs labels AFAIK).

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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