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SubjectRe: Forensic File System GUID Linux/Windows
jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote:
> The following GUID is being used in the Wolf Mountain Group, Inc. Forensic
> File System (FFS) for GPT intel EFI partitions. Since there is no central
> registry for EFI GUID's it is posted here for referece for folks who may
> run accross it on Windows Vista, 2003, and 2008 systems running FFS on
> Windows that may be using dual boot with Linux or vmware:
>
> #define PARTITION_FFS_GUID \
> EFI_GUID( 0xBEEFCAFE, 0xFEED, 0x0000, \
> 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01)
>

You would have vastly less probability of accidental collision if you
generated a proper random GUID, for example:

: tazenda 118 ; uuidgen -r
33ae8a9c-441e-4d97-93a3-8561388ce905

-hpa


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