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   wolfgang kern to Scott Lurndal   
   Re: Secrets on UEFI GPT   
   09 Feb 24 20:12:42   
   
   From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   On 09/02/2024 16:59, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > wolfgang kern  writes:   
   >> because nobody responded to my questions and I couldn't find anything on   
   >> the net it seems some parts of the story are intentional well hidden.   
   >> So now I have to try and fail, which may cost me several month.   
   >> And whenever/if at all I find these missing info I will keep it a secret   
   >> as well.   
   >>   
   >> On 27/01/2024 09:50, I wrote:   
   >>> my attempt to manually create a complete UEFI startup with KESYS hexwork   
   >>> still encounter many obstacles :)   
   >>> QUESTIONS still are:  what should I enter into   
   >>> 1. the 64 bit Disk GUID (also referred as UUID on UNIXes)?   
   >   
   > Any globally unique 64-bit value.   
   >   
   >>> 2. the 64 bit GUID for FAT32 start partition (first entry in LBA_2)?   
   >   
   > Another globally unique 64-bit value.   
   >   
   >>> 3. is it really required to waste 33 sectors for never used entries?   
   >   
   > yes.   
      
   thanks, do you know a source where I can look up these globally unique?   
   or do you know this 16 bytes for FAT32 ?   
   __   
   wolfgang   
      
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