How to check /dev/ partition disk labeling in
Debian GNU / Linux
The usual way that one is supposed to check a certain partition
let's say
/dev/sda1 disk UUID (Universal Unique Identifier)
label is through a command:
vol_id /dev/sda1
For reason however Debian does not include
vol_id command.
To check the UUID assigned disk labels on Debian one should use
another command called
blkid (part of
util-linux deb
package).
blkid will list all block device attributes so it doesn't
specifically, passing any partition as argument.
Here is an example output of
blkid :
server:/root# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="cdb1836e-b7a2-4cc7-b666-8d2aa31b2da4"
SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: UUID="c67d6d43-a48f-43ff-9d65-7c707a57dfe6"
TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="e324ec28-cf04-4e2e-8953-b6a8e6482425"
TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="1DWe0F-Of9d-Sl1J-8pXW-PLpy-Wf9s-SsyZfQ"
TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/mapper/computer-root:
UUID="fbdfc19e-6ec8-4000-af8a-cde62926e395" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/mapper/computer-swap_1:
UUID="e69100ab-9ef4-45df-a6aa-886a981e5f26" TYPE="swap"
/dev/mapper/computer-home:
UUID="2fe446da-242d-4cca-8b2c-d23c76fa27ec"
TYPE="ext3"