Labeling partitions y is very useful to identify volumes by naming rather than by partition number. To add the label "root" to the root partition, /dev/sda2, you should run: # tune2fs -Lroot /dev/sda2 # tune2fs -Lvar /dev/sda3 labeling swap partitions can be done with # mkswap -L label /dev/sda4 Once you've got a label you can check it running # cfdisk /dev/sda Now, some file must be updated to use this new naming. /etc/fstab - this file lists the partitions/file-systems which should Read more...