How to make a UUID for a new hard drive

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Mon Apr 23 01:04:09 UTC 2007


Craig Hagerman wrote:
> A bit more searching lead me to the tune2fs command. This gives a lot of
> information, but doesn't SET the UUID.

Sure it does.  You need to read the manual: man tune2fs.

Try:

tune2fs -U random /dev/sdb1

Matt Flaschen




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