Douglas Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote: > Is there an archive or compression format that includes the ability to > not only detect errors but to correct them? (e.g. store ECC data > elsewhere in the file) If there was, and I could write it directly to > the disk, then that would solve the blocks-failing-while-drive-stored > issue. .PAR files are popular on usenet... The "par2" and "parchive" debian packages may be of help there. Cheers, Tyler