Is it possible to name a partition?

[Young]

Rashkae wrote:
> Young wrote:
>> On my old dual boot (XP/Ubuntu) system I had shared NTFS partitions for 
>> users' data and media files. I formatted the partitions in XP and 
>> labeled/named them appropriately for easy identification.
>>
>> The names show up in properties, and everywhere else in Gnome and 
>> application programs.
>>
>>
>> On a new Ubuntu only system, using GParted, I seem to be stuck with a 
>> default partition descriptor that is the size & "Media" (5.4 GB Media, 
>> 53.7 GB Media, etc.).
>>
>> Is there a way to rename these?
> 
> Install the ntfsprogs package, which includes ntfslabel.  I don't know
> if this will work from gparted, of if you need to use the command line
> to get it done.
> 

I guess I confused the issue. On the new Ubuntu system I'm trying to 
name Ext3 partitions.