Disk Tool & Diagnostic How do I find the UUID of a filesystem lsblk $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 477G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 260M 0 part /boot/efi ├─sda2 8:2 0 16M 0 part ├─sda3 8:3 0 45,9G 0 part ├─sda4 8:4 0 499M 0 part ├─sda5 8:5 0 44,5G 0 part / ├─sda6 8:6 0 286,2G 0 part /home └─sda7 8:7 0 99,6G 0 part /archive blkid /dev/sda7 $ blkid /dev/sda7 /dev/sda7: UUID="dffbe19f-eb0f-4027-8912-db9299ac26eb" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="archive" PARTUUID="c4359d67-57b3-4595-8bad-175876fd71bb" Indentify HDD by SATA port number $ lscscsi Remove a SATA disk from a running system disconnect hot-swap SATA hard drive $ device=sde; sudo sh -c "echo 1 > /sys/block/${device}/device/delete" Written on March 16, 2019, Last update on December 10, 2023 cli disk linux fstab