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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Are UUIDs built into the hardware, or something your computer decides on based on the drive's serial number and shit?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (4 children)

According to Arch Wiki they get generated and stored in the partition when it is formatted. So kinda like labels but automated and with (virtually) no collision risk.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I could have RTFM but you guys are more fun.

[–] Hexarei 4 points 8 months ago

It's fun to have people around who read the friendly manual

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