Same identification number for two partitions

There are rare situations where partitions have the same UUID. In the case generate a new one:

Check if it has the correct UUID:

sudo blkid /dev/sdb2

Unmount this partition:

sudo umount /dev/sdb2

Generate a new UUID:

sudo tune2fs -U random /dev/sdb2

Check again, if the UUID has been changed:

sudo blkid /dev/sdb2

That should work. Now you can mount it with the new UUID. :wink:

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