[ubuntu-za] Changing UUID in 10.04?

[Hannes Coetzee]

On 27/04/2011 09:54, vincent wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I recently did a complete system backup using mondo. All went well,
> backing up to an external hard drive. However, on trying to restore to a
> new hard drive, the system says the UUID is wrong&  doesn't recognize
> it.
> How do I change the UUID to the one on the external HDD or change the
> UUID to a device name?
> I read on a mint forum how to do this in 8.04, but the
> boot/grub/menu.lst has, along with other files, changed in 10.04.
> Not wanting to break anything, I'm appealing for help from people more
> linux experienced than me.
> There is a very good Grub2 HOWTO guide which I've Googled, but I have no
> idea of the correct terminology to use in the /etc/grub.d/40_custom
> file.
> Any help would be very welcome.
>
> Vince
>
>
You can view UUIDs by running ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ and Grub2 help is 
located at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

Hannes