Bob Goodwin wrote: > mkfs.msdos ok. i was curious. > I was able to write to and read data from the flash drives when > done so I guess they are good. I did two of them, changed the names > to fd3 and fd4 instead of HP v100W. that can work, as long as you do not get it mixed with 'fd = floppy disk'. ;) > I also played with hexedit and I could change the name there also, > tried changing it a couple of times and that seems to work. thinking about 'floppy disk', something i am not sure about with 'flash drives', but it does apply to 'floppy disk', and 'hard disk', there is a second block where label is stored. with 'floppy disk', it is at 0x2600, with 'hard disk', it is dependent on block size of disk. so if you use a hexeditor, to change a label on a 'floppy disk' that has been written with a program that does labeling, first do a 'find' to locate *both* labels and change *both*. this may well apply to a 'flash drive'. therefore, if you only change 1 and not both, a disk checking utility may report an error. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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