On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Curtis Gedak wrote:

> For many file systems, GParted does a sector by sector copy.  As such
> the copy of the partition has exactly the same UUID as the source.
>
> In order for GParted to change the UUID, information is needed on how to
> alter the UUID for every file system that GParted supports.
>
> To help with resolving this bug, would someone be able to research what
> free open source software utilities are available for changing UUID's on
> each file system?  The exact command syntax for changing the UUID would
> also be appreciated.

I don't think that's exactly what this bug reporter is looking for.  What 
is reported is that GParted mistakely reports that "cloned" partitions are 
mounted when they are in fact not.

I can confirm this behavior and am looking into why it is occurring.

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gparted wrongly reports partition "mounted" when uuid and label are duplicates
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579703
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