[Linux-users] Mini rant: sda vs hda

[Bob Hemus]

On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 11:39 -0600, Collins Richey wrote:
> On 10/11/07, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> > Now is there any comprehensible documentation on
> > how to set/use UUID?
> >
> 
> I'm not aware of any. However, by the nature of UUID, it's not
> something you can set, rather it is calculated. In practicality, the
> ways to get the uuid are
> 
> 1. 'blkid /dev/xxxx'
> 2. 'ls -al /dev/disk by-uuid. There is are directories
> /dev/disk/[by-id  by-label  by-path  by-uuid], and I presume these are
> created by udev or its siblings.
and then, how the fsck you fix one that has gone bad except cntrl delete, and then let it load?
I tried all of the suggestions and still just use above method.
Bob