[Kde-hardware-devel] volume uuid

[Marcel Wiesweg]

> > > - Will the UUID be portable across OS's, i.e. will the Windows backend
> > > (if there is one) return the same value as from Linux when I access the
> > > same harddisk partition on the same machine?
> >
> > AFAIK Yes. Note that they're more useful for removable media (like cds)
> > than fixed ones though, since the uuid will be constant accross computer
> > (actually it's generated once and written in the medium).
>
> I would say the same here.

Oh I forgot: USB harddisk, USB sticks. Does UUID work for them?

Thanks!