https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive

Fertiges Skript: https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/_attachment/?target=Labels%2Fset_msdos_label.sh

Check the current label

sudo mlabel -i <device> -s ::

ex: sudo mlabel -i /dev/sdb1 -s ::

Note that we're using the special "::" drive which allows us to specify the device descriptor on the command line; otherwise we'd have to edit ~/.mtoolsrc to assign a drive letter (see Option 2 under "Change the label").

Option 1

After unmounting and checking the current label (above), use

sudo mlabel -i <device> ::<label>

2x ausführen: sudo mlabel -i /dev/sdb1 ::my_label

Ignore the "Volume label is XYZ" output as this is the old label. Jump to the Verify the Change section below.

Option 2

For Ubuntu 8.10 and up, edit mtools.conf as sudo

sudo nano /etc/mtools.conf

add something like for each drive:

• drive p: file="/dev/sdb1"
• drive q: file="/dev/sdb2"

etc.

Then use

sudo mlabel p:new_label

ex: sudo mlabel p:30GB_FAT32

(note the underscore _ should be used, as spaces are not allowed)

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Error message

If you get a message like this:

Total number of sectors (7831520) not a multiple of sectors per track (63)!

You can easily ignore the check by running this command:

echo mtools_skip_check=1 >> ~/.mtoolsrc

This filesystem is most often found on external USB and firewire hard drives or other Windows formatted disks. Check the current label

sudo ntfslabel <device>

ex: sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdb1

Change the label

Note: 128 characters maximum.

sudo ntfslabel <device> <label>

ex: sudo ntfslabel /dev/sdb1 my_external

Ubuntu caches the drive's label so to see the full affects of the change it is not enough just to umount and mount it again. You have to umount, remove, put back, mount again.

Check the current label

sudo e2label <device>

ex: sudo e2label /dev/sdb1

Change the label

Note: 16 characters maximum.

sudo e2label <device> <label>

ex: sudo e2label /dev/sdb1 my_external

These filesystems are most often found on IBM and some linux formatted disks. Check the current label

sudo jfs_tune -l <device>

ex: sudo jfs_tune /dev/sdb1

Change the label

Note: 16 characters maximum.

sudo jfs_tune -L <label> <device>

ex: sudo jfs_tune -L my_external /dev/sdb1

This filesystem is most often found on linux formatted disks.

Note: this could work with ReiserFS 4 too, I have not tried. Change the label

Note: 16 characters maximum.

sudo reiserfstune -l <label> <device>

ex: sudo reiserfstune -l my_external /dev/sdb1

This filesystem is most often found on UNIX formatted disks. Check the current label

xfs_admin -l <device>

ex: xfs_admin -l /dev/sdb1

Change the label

Note: 12 characters maximum.

sudo xfs_admin -L <label> <device>

ex: xfs_admin -l my_external /dev/sdb1

Verify the Change

Now for the easiest part: unplug the drive, wait a second, then plug it back in. It should appear on your desktop with the new label and have its new mount point.

Without unplugging and having the device remount, you can also just run:

sudo blkid

• zypper se mtools > mtools installiert? Wenn nein, dann
• zypper in mtools > mtools installieren
• df -h > Gerätename (/dev/sdc1) und Mountpoint (/media/KINGSTON)
• cp /etc/mtools.conf ~/.mtoolsrc
• gedit ~/.mtoolsrc

Im Editor folgende Zeilen eingeben:

mtools_skip_check=1
drive g: file="/dev/sdc1"

Beenden und speichern. Nun sind wir endlich(!) so weit, dass wir, wie weiland unter MS-DOS, die Datenträgerbezeichnung ändern können.

• mcd g:
• mlabel g:
• D4E-APS

• oder:

DEVICE=/dev/sdb1

echo -n "stick01   "|dd bs=1 seek=71 count=11 of=$DEVICE;echo -n "$NAME"|dd bs=1 seek=71 count=11 of=$DEVICE

Was macht diese Befehlszeile? Zunächst wird die Stelle, wo das Label gespeichert ist, mit Leerzeichen uberschrieben, um eventuelle vorherige Labels zu löschen. Danach wird das neue Label in den Bereich geschrieben. die Angabe “count=11″ sorgt dafür dass höchstens 11 Zeichen geschrieben werden, da das Label nicht länger sein darf. So wird die Bezeichnung im Zweifelsfall abgeschnitten wodurch verhindert wird dass die Daten nach der Label-Position zerstört werden.