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Re: special device does not exist



On 11/06/2011 02:56 AM, Bob Proulx wrote:
Chen Wei wrote:
T o n g wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
Did you recently change the partition table on that device?  That will
sometimes cause the kernel to be out of sync with the device.

Bingo!

I remember it was a "long" time ago that I changed the partition. But
apparently it is not long enough to beat my last reboot:

I found UUID makes life easier.

UUIDs have nothing to do with the Linux kernel being in sync with the
device's partition table.  The UUIDs come into action afterward.

Bob
Is there a Unix/Linux command to determine the uuids of your devices?
--doug

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