E2label

Is a program used to read and/or place disk labels on partitions. You can then refer to the label instead of the device.

eg before: > % cat /etc/fstab > /dev/sda1       /       ext3    defaults   1 1 > /dev/sdb1       swap    swap    defaults   0 0 > % e2label /dev/sda1 / > % e2label /dev/sdb1 SWAP

Once the labels have been applied, you can then refer to those labels when mounting them.

eg after: > % cat /etc/fstab > LABEL=/         /       ext3    defaults   1 1 > LABEL=SWAP      swap    swap    defaults   0 0 > % e2label /dev/sda1 > /