Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:21:23 -0600
David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Bret Busby (bret.busby@gmail.com):
> > I also note that (after taking about an hour, to remove the Debian
> > 7.8 installer iso "removable media" disk from the computer, that,
> > like Ubuntu, the Debian 7.6 LXDE LiveCD does not, using the file
> > manager, show Properties for partitions, and, in opening a
> > partition, to show its contents, whows at the top of the tab, as
> > the partition identifier, a string about 32 characters long, that
> > has no relevance or application, to the Debian Linux 7.8
> > installation iso image, rescue mode, list of partitions, from which
> > to select, to install the root system.
>
> I'm having a job parsing this sentence, but are you referring here to
> the partitions' UUIDs? These are chosen at random when partitions are
> created and it helps to make a note of them as they are entirely
> unmemorable. (I use LABELs everywhere that's possible for that
> reason.) You can see these UUIDs in ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/ and in the
> contents of /run/udev/data/b8:... Also see man tune2fs.
>
The /sbin/blkid command is also useful.
--
Joe
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