[CentOS] How to generate UUID for Xen?

[Steve Thompson]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Kai Schaetzl wrote:

> How can I generate a new UUID? I assume there's some checksum in it, so
> that I can't just make one up?

When I use a configuration file as a template, I always remove the uuid 
line entirely and let Xen generate it. I've been doing this for a little 
over a year and have never had any problems because of it.

Steve