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From: "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: ISO installer image: GPT versus MBR partitions
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:23:49 +0200
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Hi,

i wrote:
> To kill table entry 1 after having put the Guix EFI image back into
> partition 2 of the USB stick:
>
>   dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=16 seek=446 of=/dev/sdc1

Of course i meant  of=/dev/sdc2

The 16 bytes written to /dev/sdc1 would deface the GPT's "protective" MBR
and thus make the GPT invalid.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas