On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:04:29 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > I am searching for an entry, where a disk label is stored. > > Problem: Some time ago I formatted a sd-card and labelled it with the > name "Debian Inst". In the meantime, I formatted this sd-card several > times and deleted the label. But whenever I put the card in, it is seen > as "Debian Inst" in KDE4 (I mean the hardware manager in the task bar). > > I tried also mlabel to make sure, the label is no more stored on the > device, but it did not work. See: > > root@protheus7:~# mlabel -s /dev/sdb1 > Mtools version 4.0.12, dated > November 3rd, 2009 Usage: mlabel [-vscVn] [-N serial] drive: > root@protheus7:~#
Hum... Google provides some hints: # check the current label mlabel -i /dev/sdb1 -s :: It seems that mlabel man page lacks for some options, like explaining "- v" (verbose) argument and also that "-i" which seems valid but neither present :-? > Maybe it is a bug? So I checked with gparted, and there is sure no label > existent. > > I also tried the following command: > > echo -n " "|dd bs=1 seek=71 count=11 of=/dev/sdb1;echo -n > "$NAME"|dd bs=1 seek=71 count=11 of=/dev/sdb1 > > But I got no success, too. IMO the label is stored somewhere else and > maybe bound to the hardware, i.e. the UUID or something. > > I hope, someone might know more, I will be happy if so. It's weird. Have you tried by expressly changing (not deleting nor blanking) the label with another new one? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.03.05.19.03...@gmail.com
