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From: Anton A. <ai...@ca...> - 2002-08-06 17:41:24
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At 16:41 06/08/02, Joseph Malicki wrote: >They're actually the same as DCE RPC uuid's, and a portion of them is a >random number (node is usually MAC address afaik). > >http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9629399/apdxa.htm Wow! Great info! Thanks a lot! Cheers, Anton >-joe > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Anton Altaparmakov" <ai...@ca...> >To: "Michael N. Filippov" <mi...@id...> >Cc: <lin...@li...> >Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 10:56 AM >Subject: Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] HDD GUID > > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Michael N. Filippov wrote: > > > > > Hello ! > > > > > > In LDM documentation I see that each drive is addressed by GUID. > > > Can anybody explain me how GUID for drive is calculated (if it > > > is). > > > > Noone knows. The GUID is not random that is for sure. But it is somehow > > related to the hardware in the machine, possibly to the ip address, the > > time of day, and god knows what else... > > > > You can try asking MS but it is highly likely they will not tell you > > because that would be a massive security flaw in windows... > > > > > Or how (if it is random) LDM driver knows that new inserted > > > drive contains part of Volume. > > > > Each dynamic disk contains the COMPLETE LDM database. Therefore each disk > > describes all the other disks. Also, IIRC, each disk stores its own GUID > > so the LDM driver can tell them apart. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Anton > > -- > > Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cantab.net> (replace at with @) > > Linux NTFS maintainer / IRC: #ntfs on irc.openprojects.net > > WWW: http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ & http://www-stu.christs.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-NTFS-Dev mailing list > > Lin...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-ntfs-dev > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >Welcome to geek heaven. >http://thinkgeek.com/sf >_______________________________________________ >Linux-NTFS-Dev mailing list >Lin...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-ntfs-dev -- "I've not lost my mind. It's backed up on tape somewhere." - Unknown -- Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cantab.net> (replace at with @) Linux NTFS Maintainer / IRC: #ntfs on irc.openprojects.net WWW: http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ & http://www-stu.christs.cam.ac.uk/~aia21/ |
