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# The Discoverable Partitions Specification
_TL;DR: Let's automatically discover, mount and enable the root partition, /home, /srv and the swap partitions based on GUID Partition Tables (GPT!)_
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+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|Partition Type GUID | Name | Explanation |
+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|44479540-f297-41b2-9af7d131d5f0458a | Root Partition (x86) | On 32bit x86 systems the first x86 root partition on |
| | | the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the |
| | | root directory /. |
+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7fbcaf984b709 | Root Partition (x86-64) | On 64bit x86 systems the first x86-64 root partition on |
| | | the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the |
| | | root directory /. |
+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|933ac7e1-2eb4-4f13-b8440e14e2aef915 | Home Partition | The first home partition on the disk the root partition |
| | | is located on is mounted to /home. |
+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|3b8f8425-20e0-4f3b-907f1a25a76f98e8 | Server Data Partition | The first server data partition on the disk the root |
| | | partition is located on is mounted to /srv. |
+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|0657fd6d-a4ab-43c4-84e50933c84b4f4f | Swap | All swap partitions located on the disk the root |
| | | partition is located on are enabled. |
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