The information is there to read, but doesn't seem to be read. A few more;
[root@littleboy ~]# ls -l /etc |grep blkid
which should show at least three results;
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-08-22 19:39 blkid/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5115 2010-09-25 23:48 blkid.tab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5115 2010-09-25 23:47 blkid.tab.old
[root@littleboy ~]# ls -l /etc/blkid
which should show two results;
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5129 2010-08-22 19:39 blkid.tab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5129 2010-08-22 19:39 blkid.tab.old
For comparison;
[root@littleboy ~]# cat /etc/blkid.tab
[root@littleboy ~]# cat /etc/blkid.tab.old
[root@littleboy ~]# cat /etc/blkid/blkid.tab
[root@littleboy ~]# cat /etc/blkid/blkid.tab.old
Post her results.
Ok here is the last bit of info you asked for
[root@localhost dianne]# ls -l /etc |grep blkid
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-08-18 01:36 blkid/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 519 2010-09-26 20:11 blkid.tab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 519 2010-09-25 20:11 blkid.tab.old
[root@localhost dianne]# ls -l /etc/blkid
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 703 2010-08-18 01:36 blkid.tab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 618 2010-08-18 01:36 blkid.tab.old
[root@localhost dianne]# cat /etc/blkid.tab
<device DEVNO="0x0801" TIME="1285549913" LABEL="boot2010" UUID="fc114481-3b4b-4876-8682-5e2983fee70d" TYPE="ext4">/dev/sda1</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0805" TIME="1285549913" UUID="c4156a19-ef7c-4e3f-b228-9ed2c1a86d93" TYPE="ext4" LABEL="root2010">/dev/sda5</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0807" TIME="1285549913" UUID="7d44c98f-d901-415c-aaef-a6452eec0644" TYPE="swap">/dev/sda7</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0811" TIME="1285549913" LABEL="data-storage" UUID="83a635d0-4e47-4429-bd52-1e5e91751727" TYPE="ext4">/dev/sdb1</device>
[root@localhost dianne]# cat /etc/blkid.tab.old
<device DEVNO="0x0801" TIME="1285463517" LABEL="boot2010" UUID="fc114481-3b4b-4876-8682-5e2983fee70d" TYPE="ext4">/dev/sda1</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0805" TIME="1285463517" UUID="c4156a19-ef7c-4e3f-b228-9ed2c1a86d93" TYPE="ext4" LABEL="root2010">/dev/sda5</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0807" TIME="1285463517" UUID="7d44c98f-d901-415c-aaef-a6452eec0644" TYPE="swap">/dev/sda7</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0811" TIME="1285463517" LABEL="data-storage" UUID="83a635d0-4e47-4429-bd52-1e5e91751727" TYPE="ext4">/dev/sdb1</device>
[root@localhost dianne]# cat /etc/blkid/blkid.tab
<device DEVNO="0x0801" TIME="1282113399" LABEL="boot2010" UUID="fc114481-3b4b-4876-8682-5e2983fee70d" TYPE="ext4">/dev/sda1</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0805" TIME="1282113399" UUID="c4156a19-ef7c-4e3f-b228-9ed2c1a86d93" TYPE="ext4" LABEL="root2010">/dev/sda5</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0806" TIME="1282113400" UUID="aa5c9691-feaf-475a-9121-3a6eb1523fda" TYPE="ext4" LABEL="home2010">/dev/sda6</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0807" TIME="1282113400" UUID="7d44c98f-d901-415c-aaef-a6452eec0644" TYPE="swap">/dev/sda7</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0b00" TIME="1282113399" LABEL="livecd 2010070507:53" TYPE="iso9660">/dev/sr0</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0800" TIME="1282113400" TYPE="nvidia_raid_member">/dev/sda</device>
[root@localhost dianne]# cat /etc/blkid/blkid.tab.old
<device DEVNO="0x0801" TIME="1282113399" LABEL="boot2010" UUID="fc114481-3b4b-4876-8682-5e2983fee70d" TYPE="ext4">/dev/sda1</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0805" TIME="1282113399" UUID="c4156a19-ef7c-4e3f-b228-9ed2c1a86d93" TYPE="ext4" LABEL="root2010">/dev/sda5</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0806" TIME="1282113400" UUID="aa5c9691-feaf-475a-9121-3a6eb1523fda" TYPE="ext4" LABEL="home2010">/dev/sda6</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0807" TIME="1282113400" UUID="7d44c98f-d901-415c-aaef-a6452eec0644" TYPE="swap">/dev/sda7</device>
<device DEVNO="0x0b00" TIME="1282113399" LABEL="livecd 2010070507:53" TYPE="iso9660">/dev/sr0</device>