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|    wolfgang kern to Scott Lurndal    |
|    Re: Secrets on UEFI GPT    |
|    10 Feb 24 05:25:45    |
   
   From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   On 09/02/2024 21:37, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > wolfgang kern writes:   
   >> ...   
   >>>> 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.   
      
   >> can this perhaps be found in the IDENTIFY-DEVICE block?   
      
   > no.   
      
   > Each one is unique. It's generated from random data when   
   > each GPT is first created. It's different in every GPT   
   > (thus every disk on every system in the universe). It   
   > uniquely identifies the media.   
      
   I'm totally confused yet,   
   where do these numbers come from and how to get them ?   
   __   
   wolfgang   
      
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