• PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

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

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      8 months ago

      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.