How to prevent changing UUIDs on install?

[Markus Schönhaber]

27.12.2009 15:40, Dotan Cohen:

>> Don't format the partition. If you create a new file-system on the
>> partition, it's UUID will change.
>>
> 
> So I should just rm -R / the partition in question before installing?

Yes.
(Side note for those stumbling upon this: rm -R / will (try to) remove
all files on ALL mounted partitions. So, what Dotan meant was something like
sudo rm -R /mount/point/of/the/partition
)

> Is there a better way to remove it's current data?

Maybe. ATM I just can't think of one that leaves the file-system and
thus the UUID intact.

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Regards
  mks