As I said, "How soon can I use the snap'd data?"
That is the key!
Is a snap IPLable?
From the perspective of Snap/Flash/etc, yes, the copied data is
immediately usable, even for IPL. If you need to do additional things
to make the copy IPLable, that is outside this discussion.
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