hi I think you have to replay the udev events: run as root: udevadm trigger tell me if it works bye On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Guillermo Leira <gleira@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to change the UUID on a ext4 formatted partition of a virtual > machine disc. The machine is running under virtualbox, on Windows. > > I'm using "tune2fs /dev/sda3 -U random", or "tune2fs /dev/sda3 -U UUID". I > have booted from the arch install disk, the partition is not mounted. > > When I run this command, I only get this: > > [root@archiso /]# ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/ -l > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-12 14:27 > 323cc148-ff48-4038-a2e7-9908896a58fd -> ../../sda2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-12 14:27 > 36628cd2-0842-4be0-a631-12afbc48793d -> ../../sda3 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-12 14:27 > 93f768dc-9161-4387-a83d-231da5f193ef -> ../../sda1 > [root@archiso /]# tune2fs /dev/sda3 -U 00f46b25-8c12-4254-8d45-13be848c3da1 > tune2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009) > [root@archiso /]# ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/ -l > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-12 14:27 > 323cc148-ff48-4038-a2e7-9908896a58fd -> ../../sda2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-12 14:27 > 36628cd2-0842-4be0-a631-12afbc48793d -> ../../sda3 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-03-12 14:27 > 93f768dc-9161-4387-a83d-231da5f193ef -> ../../sda1 > [root@archiso /]# > > Tune2fs does not give any error, but the UUID does not change. > > Any ideas? > > Best Regards, > > Guillermo Leira > > >
