Bug 36722

Summary:	mount doesn't read msdos or vfat LABEL
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michael Brandt <mail>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Michael Brandt 2003-12-29 05:35:03 UTC

hi *,

LABEL=USB_STICK /mnt/usbstick   vfat  noauto,users,noatime,sync       0 0
LABEL=DIGICAM   /mnt/digicam    vfat  noauto,users,noatime,sync       0 0

doesn't work, because mount 2.12 does not read msdos or vfat labels..



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
# mlabel -s c:
  Volume label is USB_STICK

# mount /mnt/usbstick/
  mount: no such partition found

after mounting /dev/sda (no label info)
# mount -l
/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime) [gentoo_root]
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/usbstick type vfat (rw)

Actual Results:  
 

Expected Results:  
# mount -l 
/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime) [gentoo_root] 
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/usbstick type vfat (rw) [USB_STICK] 

solution + patch has been posted here: 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/mount-2.12-fat.patch?bug=124010&msg=22&att=1 
 
see patch mount-2.12-fat.patch 
 
i tested this patch and it worked fine..

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-12-29 15:08:22 UTC

Added to -r4, thanks.