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Re: Disk not listed in /dev/disk/by-uuid



On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 04:15:56AM -0700, Pjotr Malienki wrote:
> I am having problems mounting one of my USB disks by
> its UUID. Mounting the drive as /dev/sdx# works
> flawlessly. As I am not sure how to approach the
> problem, here is some of the stuff that I have tried:
> 
> blkid correctly lists the disk and corresponding info.
> /dev/disk/by-uuid does not list the UUID of the disk
> vol_id /dev/sdx# gives the error message /dev/sdx#:
> unknown volume type
> vol_id --type vfat /dev/sdx# results in vfat: error
> opening volume
> 
> Any hints, pointers, or advice would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Pjotr
what does 'ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/' and 'ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/' show?
You can IIRC also use the by-id instead of by-uuid.
-K
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