[ale] How to see and minipulate partition labels

[Jerry Z. Yu]

for a new fs:	mke2fs  ... [ -L volume-label ] 
for an existing fs:	tune2fs ... [-L volume-label ]


 
On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:

#I've noticed that recent distributions (RH 7.3, for instance) don't 
#mount partitions in /etc/fstab acconding to the device, but by label.  
#So, for instance, I have a line like:
#LABEL=/var              /var                    ext3    defaults     1 2
#in my /etc/fstab.
#
#I can't figure out how to create labels, or even how to read them.  Is 
#it a secret thing in fdisk or parted?  Which FM should I R?
#
#Thanks,
#
#Michael
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