How to list an UUID?

[Terence Simpson]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Daniel Pittman wrote:
>
>   
>> If you mean "it is hard to add a UUID to fstab" I would have to
>> disagree; running 'blkid /dev/sdXN' and putting the result into place is
>> probably less difficult than working out how to format the device in the
>> first place.
>>     
>
> Yeah, but it's easier to say "it's the third partition so I use /dev/sda3"
> than pasting the result of blkid.
>
> Specifically for swap partitions, uuid is _not_ very stable (at least when
> hibernate gets involved).  I've had to use mkswap a number of times because
> of problems with hibernation.  
>   
>> Also, notably, the folks who are not comfortable with finding the UUID
>> will generally be using the friendly GUI tools that automate the process
>> for you.
>>     
>
> Which gui tools would those be?  I haven't found an fstab manager, but it
> would be nice.
>   
System Settings -> (Advanced tab) -> Disk & Filesystems

Tez