I can reproduce using a USB flash drive and Partition Editor. The
problem is a little more serious than I first thought. Whenever a
program makes substitution of user input, there is a possibility of
creating duplicates. For example, one partition is labeled '/' and
another '%'. Both will attempt to mount under '/media/%'.
The '/' causes problem because it is an invalid filename, and so is the
dot. When you label a partition '.', it gets mounted to '._', and again
a possibility of duplicates. It's certainly not consistent. I see
another option to handle this problematic case, which is already used
right now. Use the 'sda1' or whatever name it happens to be under /dev.
It is guarantied to be unique and is more useful. There are other
collision cases if you would label a partition "cdrom", but this is
another matter. There are also inconsistencies in how the label is
displayed in the File Browser, showing '%' in lieu of '/' but showing
the unchanged '.' as opposed to '._'.
Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since
this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work,
I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.
Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!
BugSquad
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Volume labels containing "/" are confusingly mangled
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373282
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