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How do I mount using UUID?

by Rhyley Bryan

How do I mount using UUID?

Steps to mount disk partition by UUID in Linux:

  1. Launch terminal.
  2. Get the UUID for the partition that you want to mount (or set UUID to partition if not yet set).
  3. Create folder to mount the partition into if not already exist.
  4. Manually mount partition using UUID to test.
  5. Unmount the newly mounted filesystem.

Should I use UUID or Partuuid in fstab?

The main difference is that UUIDs are globally unique whereas PARTUUIDs are locally unique. You’ll never run into a PARTUUID conflict on the same machine. But if you swap out a drive from another machine, you could potentially run into naming conflicts.

Can a boot loader mount a device by UUID?

In a boot loader file, you typically specify the location of the device (such as /dev/sda1) to mount it at system boot. The boot loader can also mount devices by their UUIDs and administrator-specified volume labels. However, if you use a label and file location, you cannot change the label name when the partition is mounted.

How do I mount a partition using UUID?

First, find the UUID of the partition that you want to mount using one of the methods stated above. Let’s say, you want to mount the partition /dev/sdb1 using it’s UUID 7a75296d-412a-467c-a659-283298910746 to the path /var/www.

How to use UUIDs to mount devices in SuSE?

After the install, you can optionally use the following procedure to configure the UUID for the system device in the boot loader and /etc/fstab files for your x86 system. Before you begin, make a copy of /boot/grub/menu.1st file and the /etc/fstab file. Install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for x86 with no SAN devices connected.

How to mount filesystems using the UUID directive?

When you mount a filesystem by UUID, the mount command will just look up the corresponding device name and using it for the actual mount operation, which you can confirm by looking at /proc/mounts: all mounted filesystems, whether they are mounted using block device names or LABEL= or UUID= directives, will be listed by device names.