Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:07:52 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 64 bit scsi read/write |
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On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 11:05:36PM -0700, John Alvord wrote:
In the IBM solution to this (1977-78, VM/CMS) the critical data was written at the begining and the end of the block. If the two data items didn't match then the block was rejected.
Neat.
Simple and effective. Presumably you can also checksum the block, and check that.
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