This bug is related to this issue: https://launchpad.net/bugs/38764
A fix has just been released whereby '/' volume labels are treated as a special case, so at least part of what has been discussed here seems to have been fixed already. -- [Dapper] nautilus shows drive labels instead of volume labels https://launchpad.net/bugs/30867 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs