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I try to rename a usb stick (i.e. give it a new label). Both using gparted and mlabel I get following behaviour: The rename works, but the string "nA" is appended to the name (it is less than 11 characters). This is very annoying, because the appended string is right-justified, and spaces are inserted in the middle between my name and the "nA", resulting in a new label like "new-name nA".

Anyone have an idea how to get rid of the "nA"?

Update: This behaviour only takes place with new names that are at least 8 characters long.

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It's a bug in mtools and a patch was offered earlier this month.

The bug entry mentions a partial workaround (pad it out with underscores until you hit the label length limit and the nA is pushed off the end).

Another I have is to add a space to the end of your desired label (eg. "DOCUMENTS "). Then you get " A" rather than "nA", which can then often be made to look intentional.

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  • Yes, bug report and patch are from me; I forgot to add that information here.. Dec 27, 2011 at 7:27
  • Ahh. That'll teach me to write answers when I'm too tired to read names.
    – ssokolow
    Dec 27, 2011 at 13:24

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