How do I change the label of a swap partition in Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4?
It is possible to change the label of a SWAP partition by using the mkswap command with the '-L' option.
The command is:
mkswap -L <label> <partition>
Replace <label> with the label you would like to use. Replace the partition with the SWAP partition. If following is the output of fdisk -l,<...>
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