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+====== Mount Harddisks by Label in Linux ======
+I used to [[harddisks_by_uuid_in_debian_lenny|mount Harddisks by UUID]] but this requires you to update your fstab when you copy your system to a new partition that does not have the same uuid anymore. so i eventually changed to using labels.
+one big advantage of labels is also, that, since you can set them yourself, your fstab becomes more readable and you can simply do it all wihtout any copy/paste or taking notes as one can remember a label like "system" or "backup" easily, compared to those UUID's.
+so all you do is creat a partition and then assign a label to it.
+for ext file systems that can be done with e2label:
+  e2label /dev/sda1 backups
+will create a label "backups" for your /dev/sda1 partition
+now you can use it in fstab like so:
+  LABEL=backups	 /backups ext4 defaults 0 0
+it's as easy as that :)