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* used when disk name of partitioned disk ends on a digit.
* 6) PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF representing the
* unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
+ * The UUID may be either an EFI/GPT UUID, or refer to an MSDOS
+ * partition using the format SSSSSSSS-PP, where SSSSSSSS is a zero-
+ * filled hex representation of the 32-bit "NT disk signature", and PP
+ * is a zero-filled hex representation of the 1-based partition number.
* 7) PARTUUID=<UUID>/PARTNROFF=<int> to select a partition in relation to
* a partition with a known unique id.
*