[ubuntu-uk] How do kernel builds etc determine the UUID of the root partition?

[Robert McWilliam]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:59:50 +0100
Martyn <martyn.pattison at gmail.com> wrote:
>Does anyone know where the kernel builds & the like get the
> root partition UUID from? I'm guessing it must be held in a file
> somewhere, so if I can identify it I'll change it to the right one
> for future upgrades etc.

I greped in /etc for the start of the UUID of my root partition and
found it in /etc/fstab and /etc/blkid.tab 

Hopefully someone else will chime in if it's listed anywhere else.

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