Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:56:05 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: Mike Dobbs <spam@mdobbs.com>, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hal segfaults when USB drive is connected Message-ID: <op.unwrwfjk9aq2h7@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20090117053730.8710D1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> References: <20090117053730.8710D1CC0B@ptavv.es.net>
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On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:37:30 -0600, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> wrote: >> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> >> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:36:04 -0500 >> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org >> >> On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 20:52 -0600, Mike Dobbs wrote: >> > I'm starting to think that I didn't have any glabel. That just added >> > another label. I tried glabel clear, but msdosfs/ . just keeps coming >> > back? >> >> You might try: >> >> tunefs -L dos /dev/da0 >> >> I'm not sure if there's a better way to rename a DOS volume from >> FreeBSD. Of course, if you have a Windows machine, you can just change >> the name there. > > I'm afraid that tunefs does not work on non-ufs file systems. You need > to plug it into a Windows box and rename it there. I had the same > problem with a disk that came named "WD PASSPORT". The mtools might be what you are looking for. If you have big FAT32, see here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-gnome/2008-August/020818.html Make sure to back up your data before you try it. ;-) Cheers, Mezz -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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