site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com <http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2006/tn2166.html> If you need a custom type just generate a GUID and use that. S+E -- Quinn "The Eskimo!" <http://www.apple.com/developer/> Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... At 14:49 +0000 1/12/08, Chris Suter wrote: You can still use Apple partition maps on Intel machines; they work fine. Don't do this except in very specific circumstances (typically when you need to do universal boot). In general, a filter scheme driver should be able to handle both APM and GPT. At 21:00 +0530 1/12/08, Sparta wrote: It accepts either alias name for the existing UUIDs or the UUID itself!!! Yes. GPT partitions don't have a string type; they only have a GUID. Various high-level tools convert common GUIDs to a string for presentation purposes, but the GUID is the fundamental data type. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com