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Label VFAT device (SDHC SD Card)

Solution:
[root@neo ~]# df -h | grep media | grep -v tmp

/dev/sdc1                      31525888  2944800  28581088  10% /media/8288-1391

[root@neo ~]# mlabel -i /dev/sdc1 ::TABLET

[root@neo ~]# df -h | grep media | grep -v tmp
/dev/sdc1                       31G  2.9G   28G  10% /media/TABLET


Issue:
I have a new tablet that I am attempting to script some automated, or event-driven sync mechanism.  I have added a 32 GB SDHC card to the device and enabled the tablet to ask whether it should mount the SD card as a USB device when connected to a PC.  Initially the device was identified as /media/8288-1391

Not a big deal, but I wanted something a bit easier to quickly identify.
 NOTE: This was written around RHEL 6/fedora 16 - things have changed since this time - most significantly the place where it gets mounted.


[root@neo ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages


Feb 18 22:33:55 neo kernel: [28587.481254] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Lenovo   ThinkPad Tablet  0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Feb 18 22:33:55 neo kernel: [28587.482412] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Feb 18 22:33:55 neo kernel: [28587.489779] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Feb 18 22:34:05 neo kernel: [28598.162053] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 63076352 512-byte logical blocks: (32.2 GB/30.0 GiB)
Feb 18 22:34:05 neo kernel: [28598.166042] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Feb 18 22:34:05 neo kernel: [28598.252008]  sdc: sdc1





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