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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 /.                                       |
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       |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.                      |
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       |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.             |
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       |0657fd6d-a4ab-43c4-84e50933c84b4f4f | Swap                    | All swap partitions located on the disk the root        |
       |                                    |                         | partition is located on are enabled.                    |
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5b411675	3	_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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	6	\|Partition Type GUID \| Name \| Explanation \|
	7	+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
	8	\|44479540-f297-41b2-9af7d131d5f0458a \| Root Partition (x86) \| On 32bit x86 systems the first x86 root partition on \|
	9	\| \| \| the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the \|
	10	\| \| \| root directory /. \|
	11	+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
	12	\|4f68bce3-e8cd-4db1-96e7fbcaf984b709 \| Root Partition (x86-64) \| On 64bit x86 systems the first x86-64 root partition on \|
	13	\| \| \| the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the \|
	14	\| \| \| root directory /. \|
	15	+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
	16	\|933ac7e1-2eb4-4f13-b8440e14e2aef915 \| Home Partition \| The first home partition on the disk the root partition \|
	17	\| \| \| is located on is mounted to /home. \|
	18	+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
	19	\|3b8f8425-20e0-4f3b-907f1a25a76f98e8 \| Server Data Partition \| The first server data partition on the disk the root \|
	20	\| \| \| partition is located on is mounted to /srv. \|
	21	+------------------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
	22	\|0657fd6d-a4ab-43c4-84e50933c84b4f4f \| Swap \| All swap partitions located on the disk the root \|
	23	\| \| \| partition is located on are enabled. \|
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