Am 02.07.2010 09:44, schrieb splotz90: > Am 01.07.2010 23:11, schrieb linux fan: >> My understanding (from experimentation and documentation) is that the >> UUID is specifically generated for a specific file system. You would >> need to use dd or similar utility to move the filesystem to a >> different partition if you wished to preserve the UUID. If that is the >> case, it may do what was claimed. > Yes, and the UUID is preserved if just delete a partition: > > Before: > > /dev/sda1 --> LFS-system ( / partition) > /dev/sda2 --> unformatted partition; will be deleted > /dev/sda3 --> boot partition ( /boot) > > After: > > /dev/sda1 --> LFS-system ( / partition) > /dev/sda2 --> boot partition ( /boot) > > The boot partition will have the same UUID as before, because > file system wasn't modified.
I know that the filesystem itself wasn't moved ... -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
