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[Noob-Tech-Ninja]

Hi there guys.

I was wondering if you could help answer a couple of questions for me please.

Background:
I was running Kaspersky rescue disk from USB.

My PC has x3 hard drives and multiple different partitions contained on it.

(When running Kaspersky rescue disk) The scan box, shows all of my hard drives
(and partitions).

However the hard drives hare not named in a logical fashion.

When I used the terminal to grab the UUID from the HD and partition
that I wanted to scan, the alphanumeric characters next to each hard drive /
partition. Did not seem to match the UUID of the HDD's themseleves

What I wanted to do, was scan 1 particular parttion of 1 hard drive,
instead of the entire PC (which is x3 HDD's) and took 5.5 Hrs to complete

Questions:

1. Do the alphanumeric strings next to each hard drive, relate to the UUID
of the hard drives ? (As they dont appear to)

2. Does Gentoo linux (what Kaspersky rescue disk is based upon), use a
different naming scheme for UUID's ?

3. How can I match up each hard drive (icon) and string of characters next
to each hard drive, to a UUID / or a specific hard drive or partition ?

So that I can just scan, the specific hard drive or partition, instead of
the entire PC.
 

TIA for any help or advice

[Yury N.]

Hello.

You can select a specific partition in “Add object” https://support.kaspersky.com/14229
 

 

 

[Noob-Tech-Ninja]

Hi Yury, thanks for coming back to me.

Please see the screenshots below

 

1.  This screen shot shows the following -

1.1  My HDDs in the terminal, and their normal designations (E.G. sda1 / sdb3) etc etc

1.2. The Kaspersky scan dialogue box, and all of the HDD’s and partitions (but showing a long alphanumeric string

against each HDD)


 

 

 

 

2. This screenshot shows

2.1. The terminal - And the UUID of each HDD and partition

2.2. The Kaspersky scan dialoge box (again showing the HDD’s and their alphanumeric strings agains each

HDD and partition

 

So my question is  -

(When looking at / using the Kaspersky scan dialogue box) -
How do I determine what each of the HDD and partitions are Vs their UUID’s

I’d like to be able to select a specific partition to scan, but I need to know what icon represents each HDD and partition.

Thanks very much.


 

[Yury N.]

Hi Yury, thanks for coming back to me.

So my question is  -

(When looking at / using the Kaspersky scan dialogue box) -
How do I determine what each of the HDD and partitions are Vs their UUID’s

I’d like to be able to select a specific partition to scan, but I need to know what icon represents each HDD and partition.
 

Now it’s impossible. Was similar topic 

Link

 

 

“Add volume” just shows me the same IDs, which are not the UUID shown by blkid, or anything else I can recognise. How is that ID generated?

 

It’s internal id. They have no relationship with blkid. 

 

If you mean I should look at the volume contents to identify them, they are all pretty similar, so it would be easy to make mistakes. Using a unique ID of limited length would be simpler and more reliable.

 

I mean file system type (NTFS. FAT, EXT, etc), volume size and content. Maybe in the future we will make a one-to-one correspondence of this UUIDs.

[Noob-Tech-Ninja]

Hello  Yuri

 

So the alphanumeric strings set against each hard drive have no bearing against the UUID of the HDD’s

OK that’s a little dissapointing, but at least I now have an answer.

 

Thank you very much, for taking the time to answer my questions for me.

It’s much apprecaited.

 

Take it easy.

[Noob-Tech-Ninja]

I've just ran another scan with Kaspersky rescue disk (via USB stick)

I have found a way to determine which HDD or partition is assigned
to the alphanumeric string that Kaspersky uses.
(It's a bit of a bodge / hack, but it is better than nothing)

Try doing the following -

1. (Using the main GUI) open a Dolphin file explorer (or click the
K menu > File explorer)

When this window opens, chose the HDD partition that you require
E.G. sda1 / sdb4

Then after the short name for the volume or dir, notice the long
alphanumeric string following it

2. Move back to the Kaspersky main menu
And compare the last 4+ digits of your desired HDD or dir that you want to scan.
With the list of volumes showing in the main list on the Kaspersky scan menu.

Once you find what you are looking for, you can tick only that volume / dir
to be scanned.

This should save you quite some time, when only scanning the HDD partitions or
dirs that you are interested in.

Edited August 20, 2023 by Noob-Tech-Ninja