Change partition UUID in Ubuntu

Change partition UUID in Ubuntu

Generate UUID

uuidgen

Change one partition

sgdisk -U <uuid> /dev/sda1

Change multiple partitions

Run following command to retrieve partitions info

sfdisk -d /dev/sda > /tmp/sda.dsk

Edit the UUID in the file /tmp/sda.dsk.

Run following command to reimport the modified partitions

sfdisk /dev/sda < /tmp/sda.dsk

References

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