You can makefs with an arbitrary uuid, or, as been said, switch to labels: >From `man mkfs.ext4`: *-L** new-volume-label*Set the volume label for the filesystem to *new-volume-label*. The maximum length of the volume label is 16 bytes. *-U** UUID*Create the filesystem with the specified UUID Regards. On 19 Mar 2018 4:10 pm, "Eli Schwartz via arch-general" < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/18/2018 01:08 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:46:21 +0100 > > Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 11:33:19 -0500, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > >>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:30:27 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >>>> The "dd" command is inappropriate, a "cp -a" is the most reasonable > >>>> solution. However, UUIDs are still an issue, the average desktop > >>>> computer user should consider to prefer a lable over an UUID. > >>> > >>> Why is it inappropriate? It should work fine, and work with no other > >>> changes. Even the UUIDs/Labels would be the same that way. > >> > >> If so, don't beat around the bush, simply provide the command that does > >> it all :). > > > > If you need more than what Ricardo Band already posted, you're beyond > help. > > Known issue, just stick with the second half of your sentence. :p > > -- > Eli Schwartz > Bug Wrangler and Trusted User > >
