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   Dan Cross to nowhere@never.at   
   Re: Secrets on UEFI GPT   
   10 Feb 24 19:21:48   
   
   From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article ,   
   wolfgang kern   wrote:   
   >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 ?   
      
   They are random numbers.  You make them up, in software, or   
   taking from some kind of entropy source.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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