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   Re: Grub problem   
   21 Aug 21 18:18:46   
   
   From: NoEMail@home.org   
      
   Rich  wrote:   
   >   
   > But, if you want to reuse a UUID, you can (these instructions are for   
   > the ext[234] filesystems).  If you've already created them, then aquire   
   > the old UUIDs somehow, then use tune2fs (see "man tune2fs") to assign   
   > the old UUIDs to the newly formatted filesystems.   
   >   
   > Or, if you have not yet created them and are manually running the   
   > mkfs.ext[234] command, then use the -U option (see the man page for the   
   > command you use) when you make the filesystem to assign a specific UUID   
   > to the new filesystem.  Note you still have to obtain the prior UUID   
   > somehow.   
   >   
      
   Thanks. Doesn't it seem a little too much trouble? if the (hd..) stuff   
   works then why not?   
      
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