linux-kernel - Re: Forensic File System GUID Linux/Windows

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Message-ID: <48614755.5080001@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:13:25 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Forensic File System GUID Linux/Windows

jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.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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