Re: UUIDS

[Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com>]

On May 27, 2023 4:37:20 PM PDT, "mick.crane" <mick.crane@gmail.com> wrote:
>I'm sure it used to be that you could swap linux discs between PCs and it would sort itself out
Yes, it still works like that. I do it frequently.
 but I try swapping disks about and booting and they complain
>"Cannot find UUID..lots of identifying numbers"
>and gives intramfs prompt.

My guess is that the system was originally spread out on multiple disk drives.
Fstab has links to partitions that are not at the same location.

>Am I supposed to be able to sort it out from there?
>like how?
Review fstab and see what the links are, and remark out (#) the suspect and try again.
Best of luck 🤞
>mick
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