check the /dev/disk entries for example ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
-pete On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > I've searched with Google but despite headings that imply how to find the > UUID of a specific device, the page contents do not really tell me how to do > this. > > In /etc/fstab the entry for my external backup disk is > > UUID=436bc83a-1d2b-4c58-b3a9-5dbe8efc4112 /media/hd0 ext3 defaults 0 0 > > The past couple of mornings I see a mail message that the dirvish backup > could not unmount the drive. When I tried from the command line this morning > the attempt failed because the UUID did not match what the kernel saw. > Turning off the drive, and back on about a hour later allowed me to umount > the drive. > > How do I determine the UUID for devices such as this external drive? I've > tried 'vol_id', but 'vol_id -u /media/hd0' responds that it's an unknown or > unique media type and I see the same response if I use --uuid as the option > to vol_id. > > A clue stick is needed. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
