UUID for USB devices

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 10/27/2011 10:04:38 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 10/28/2011 07:25 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > Under Fedora 14 the following procedure worked for discovering the
> UUID 
> > for a USB device.
> >
> > Insert device
> > Look in /dev/disk/by-label for device
> > Use file cmd to find device assigned
> > Look in /dev/disk/by-uuid for the UUID assigned (link to same
> device)
> >
> > Alas, that no longer works. Anyone have an up-to-date procedure?
> 
> Works fine for me on a fully updated F15 system...

Hmmm.. good news and bad news  I'm fully updated, but clearly I'm 
missing something. I wonder what it could be.