Maxtor 10K III Computer Drive User Manual


 
SCSI Description
Maxtor Atlas 10K III 5-125
Translate Address Page-Field Descriptions
Supplied Format
The Supplied Format field specifies the format of the following Translate Address
field. Must be 000b, which specifies the LBA format.
RAREA Reserved Area is not used.
ALTSEC
An Alternate Sector bit of 1 indicates that the translated address from the SEND DI-
AGNOSTIC command is physically located in an alternate sector on the disk.
When ALTSEC is 0, it indicates either that no part of the translated address is located
in an alternate sector of the medium or that the drive is unable to determine this in-
formation.
ALTTRK
An Alternate Track bit of 1 indicates either that part or all of the translated address
is located on an alternate track of the medium or, the drive cannot determine if all
or part of the translated address is located on an alternate track.
When ALTTRK is 0, it indicates that no part of the translated address is located on
an alternate track of the medium
Translate Format
The Translate Format field specifies the format into which the initiator wants the ad-
dress translated. The value must be 101b, specifying the Physical Sector format.