Volume labels make it possible for partitions to retain a consistent name. Each can be a maximum of 16 characters long. There are three tools to make volume labels: mke2fs, tune2fs and e2label.
e2label /dev/hda1 omega
tune2fs -L omega /dev/hda1
The above 2 commands will label the first partition of the drive “omega”. That label stays with that particular partition, even if the drive is moved to another controller or even another computer.
mke2fs omega /dev/hda1
mke2fs -L omega /dev/hda1
The above command also will do the label but only after they make the file system. This means that either of these last two commands will delete any existing data in the partition.
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