Often, Linux software configurations define partitions by there UUID as opposed to their /dev device. You can find out what the UUID is with:
blkid /dev/sdx
Or, you can do:
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
Often, Linux software configurations define partitions by there UUID as opposed to their /dev device. You can find out what the UUID is with:
blkid /dev/sdx
Or, you can do:
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
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Just a note: blkid requires elevated privileges to show anything useful (this is true for the version in Ubuntu 8.04, anyway).
Not really a problem, since the only time I need a UUID, is when I’m root 🙂