Re: How to prevent changing UUIDs on install?

Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Why not just save the old UUIDs and restore them after installing?


Because I cannot ensure that I've replaced them everywhere that they are used.

Restore them in the file systems you have replaced.

sudo blkid lists all file systems with their labels and UUIDs. Save the
output somewhere before you install the new system and then use tune2fs
to restore the UUIDs after the installation.



Thanks, I had already discovered both these tools.However, I do not
know where the UUID is used in the filesystem. There is no longer
xorg.conf, no more grub as I know it, who knows what will become of
fstab in a year's time, etc. I am looking for a permanent solution,
not a one-time workaround.

It seems I don't understand your problem. What exactly are you looking
for?



Florian
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