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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Can't successfully clone an HDD in Ubuntu, please help Post 302517071 by Skrynesaver on Tuesday 26th of April 2011 02:46:19 AM
Old 04-26-2011
This is a wild guess, however depending on the filesystem of /dev/original you could use one of
Code:
e2label 
mlabel 
ntfslabel

in order to set the label of the filesystem, this may be part of the identifying key.

Last edited by Skrynesaver; 04-26-2011 at 03:46 AM.. Reason: corrected tags
 

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mlabel(1)						      General Commands Manual							 mlabel(1)

NAME
mlabel - mtools utility to label a DOS volume SYNOPSIS
mlabel [-v] drive: OPTIONS
Displays the new volume label if the label supplied is invalid. DESCRIPTION
The mlabel command displays the current volume label, if present, and prompts the user for a new volume label. To delete an existing vol- ume label, press the Return Key at the prompt. Reasonable care is taken to create a valid DOS volume label. If an invalid label is specified, the mlabel command changes the label and displays the new label if the -v option is specified. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: Success. Failure. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of mlabel: If set, this variable names the file that contains the name of the cur- rent mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this variable is not set, the file $HOME/.mcwd is used. FILES
Contains the name of the current mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this file does not exist, the default mtools working directory is A:. Executable file SEE ALSO
Commands: mformat(1), mtools(1) mlabel(1)
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