e2label

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How to use UUID unique identifiers to consistently mount partitions

botond published 2019. 12. 23., h - 17:25 time
The Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is a unique identifier that Linux systems also use to identify different volumes / partitions so that the mountings of different block devices do not change even if the connection order of the hard drives in the computer changes, such as during maintenance. . In this tutorial, we will look at how to use UUIDs in our fstab file instead of device names to mount our partitions in a consistent way.

e2label (linux command)

Manual page and help for the e2label linux command. With e2label you can write and read the properties of ext2, ext3, ext4 file systems. Never use on mounted file systems!