Ah, I missed there was a unique label indication GPT was involved in the protective MBR; I I'd read it, it essentially is just an MBR with a single max-size ent

Ah, I missed there was a unique label indication GPT was involved in the protective MBR; I I'd read it, it essentially is just an MBR with a single max-size entry, and I didn't consider there might be anything else; and ofc, it is a bit of a pointless thought experiment. Thanks for sharing!