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Nox997

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Registered: 2013-03-31

Posts: 15

Cloning an exisiting Arch Installation: /etc/machine-id ?

Hello everybody,

quick question: What do I need /etc/machine-id for? I've seen it's created during pacstrapping a base installation.

--> do I need to remove this file and create it anew when I clone an Arch installation?

Thanks in advance for your help.

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: Cloning an exisiting Arch Installation: /etc/machine-id ?

$ man 5 machine-id 

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,280

Re: Cloning an exisiting Arch Installation: /etc/machine-id ?

Do you change the uniqe identifiers of gpt-partitions, lvm-partitions and filesystems? If yes, then you should change the machine-id, too. Remove the the file and run systemd-machine-id-setup as root.

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