On Thu, 10 May 2007, mcclnx mcc wrote: > Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 02:50:05 +0800 (CST) > From: mcclnx mcc <mcclnx at yahoo.com.tw> > Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] how to create label fo swap space > > I just add a partition /dev/sdb3 and use "mkswap > /dev/sdb3" to make it swap space. How can I label the > /dev/sdb3 like "SWAP-sdb3"? > > what I want is put on /etc/fstab as entry like: > > LABEL=SWAP-sdb2 swap swap > defaults 0 0 > > LABEL=SWAP-sdb3 swap swap > defaults 0 0 Do you plan to have two swap partitions on the same drive? As far as I recall this may lead to a reduction in performence. I admit that I can't dig the actual reference. Maybe more competent users can comment on that? The Linux Partition Howto has few sections on setting up swap space: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/index.html My 2 cents. Sincerely, -- Itay Furman <centos at nospammail.net> --