@@ 2795,6 2795,11 @@ image does not contain all the software and tools that may be needed.
Unless this has already been done, you must partition and format the
target partitions.
+Preferably, assign partitions a label so that you can easily and
+reliably refer to them in @code{file-system} declarations (@pxref{File
+Systems}). This is typically done using the @code{-L} option of
+@command{mkfs.ext4} and related commands.
+
The installation image includes Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU
Parted User Manual}), @command{fdisk}, and e2fsprogs, the suite of tools
to manipulate ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems.