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title: GPTar (update)
date: 2024-10-28
description: libarchive vs hybrid GUID partition table and GNU tar volume header
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hannes commented 2024-10-28 18:33:04 +00:00
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add yourself as author :)

add yourself as author :)
tags:
- OCaml
- gpt
- tar
- mbr
- persistent storage
author:
name: Reynir Björnsson
email: reynir@reynir.dk
link: https://reyn.ir/
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In a [previous post][gptar-post] I describe how I craft a hybrid GUID partition table (GPT) and tar archive by exploiting that there are disjoint areas of a 512 byte *block* that are important to tar headers and *protective* master boot records used in GPT respectively.