Same volume name twice in Startup Manager

I have several (bootable) volumes on my LaCie External Firewire drive. One volume (my primary startup volume) is OS 10.3.9. Another volume is an older installation of OS 10.2.8 that I just can't seem to part with. When I use the Startup Manager (pressing Option as the machine starts), I get two volumes labeled "LaCie 10.3" (my primary startup volume name). If I click the LaCie 10.2 volume to start with, I get the gray screen with the Apple logo, and the nothing...no spinning sprocket, no progress, no crash. TechTool Pro tells me that the "StartupFile" on that volume is "Not Present".
How can I permanently rename the OS 10.2 volume so that it shows up in the Startup Manager as LaCie 10.2 (or anything else, for that matter? Or should I just let go of the past and delete the System folder on that volume, sinc I never use OS 10.2 anymore?
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