How to create a GUID/UUID in Python
How do I create a GUID in Python that is platform independent? I hear there is a method using ActivePython on Windows but it’s Windows only because it uses COM. Is there a method using plain Python?
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How to change filesystem UUID (2 same UUID)?
I have a fedora guest OS in VMware. I want to expand /boot partition, so I add another virtual disk to this VM, and try to clone the disk.
generate consistent machine unique ID
Can we generate a unique id for each PC, something like uuuidgen, but it will never change unless there are hardware changes? I was thinking about merging CPUID and MACADDR and hash them to generate a consistent ID, but I have no idea how to parse them using bash script, what I know is how can I get CPUID from
Difference between UUID from blkid and mdadm?
Can someone explain the difference between the UUID’s reported by blkid and mdadm? On one of our CentOS systems, for example: