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Date:   Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:28:41 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Andreas Bombe <aeb@...ian.org>, Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>,
        util-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrius Štikonas <andrius@...konas.eu>,
        Curtis Gedak <gedakc@...il.com>, pavel@....cz
Subject: Re: Linux & FAT32 label

On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 10:12:49PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> Easy way how to achieve this situation:
> 
> 1. use mkdosfs to format hard disk to FAT32 with label LABEL42
> 
> 2. boot Windows 10 (or XP) and set label of that FAT32 partition to
> empty (via Explorer GUI)
> 
> 3. profit
> 
> You would have stored LABEL42 in boot sector and no label in root
> directory. Windows handle this situation as there is no label.

But why should we *care*?

Puzzled,

					- Ted

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