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@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ writing LABEL=<label> or UUID=<uuid>,
e.g., `LABEL=Boot' or `UUID=3e6be9de\%-8139\%-11d1\%-9106\%-a43f08d823a6'.
This will make the system more robust: adding or removing a SCSI disk
changes the disk device name but not the filesystem volume label.
+.LP
+Note that
+.BR mount (8)
+uses UUIDs as strings. The string representation of the UUID should be based on
+lower case characters.
.RE
.B The second field