ok, then try the other way around and give the swap device the old UUID. It seems like your swap devices is sda7 (please double check, mkswap reinitializes the partition!), so as root, run: - swapoff /dev/disks/by-uuid/bab51854-d247-4166-90cc-2b9041e5c199 - mkswap -U 13d2c6ed-8a60-48af-867d-cf56543285f8 /dev/sda7 - sed -i 's,bab51854-d247-4166-90cc-2b9041e5c199,13d2c6ed-8a60-48af-867d-cf56543285f8,g' /etc/fstab - swapon /dev/disks/by-uuid/13d2c6ed-8a60-48af-867d-cf56543285f8 This should resolve your problem.