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On 9/27/2010 12:12 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
>> So you are adding bit error detection and correction to the boot loader?
>>  You realize that the hard disk already does reed-solomon right?  So a
>> second layer of it doesn't seem to have much point.
> 
> You're missing context.

Apparently.  Fill me in?