5-118 Maxtor Atlas 10K V
Table 5-171 Sense Key Information Field Contents
Command Sense Key Field Contents
FORMAT UNIT
RECOVERED
ERROR
The address of the first bad sector encountered during the format operation.
This sector, and all other bad sectors found during a format operation, are au-
tomatically reallocated by the drive.
ILLEGAL
REQUEST
The first illegal defect descriptor encountered in the Defect Descriptor List.
READ(6)(10)
RECOVERED/
MEDIUM
ERROR
The address of the first bad sector found during the read (possible only when
PER=1, DTE=0, and DCR=0.). For a RECOVERED ERROR, the last Logi-
cal Block Address in the error is returned; for a MEDIUM ERROR the first
Logical Block Address is returned.
READ LONG
RECOVERED/
MEDIUM
ERROR
READ(6)(10) error recovery qualifiers apply. The information field echoes
this command's Logical Block Address field.
ILLEGAL
REQUEST
The transfer length residue (requested, minus correct length) if the transfer
length is wrong.
Note: ILI will be set.
REASSIGN
BLOCKS
HARDWARE
ERROR
The address of the first logical sector is not reassigned (the drive ran out of
spare sectors).
ILLEGAL
REQUEST
The first illegal defect descriptor encountered in the Defect Descriptor List.
SEEK(6)(10)
ILLEGAL
REQUEST
The first invalid sector address detected by the command.
VERIFY
RECOVERED/
MEDIUM
ERROR
WRITE(6)(10) error recovery qualifiers apply. Contains the Logical Block
Address that may have failed the write or verify (compare) operation. For a
RECOVERED ERROR, the last Logical Block Address in the error is re-
turned; for a MEDIUM ERROR the first Logical Block Address is returned.
WRITE(6)(10)
RECOVERED/
MEDIUM
ERROR
The address of the first bad sector found during the write. (Possible only when
PER=1, DTE=0, and DCR=0.) For a RECOVERED ERROR, the last Logical
Block Address in the error is returned; for a MEDIUM ERROR the first Log-
ical Block Address is returned.
WRITE AND
VERIFY
RECOVERED/
MEDIUM
ERROR
WRITE(6)(10) error recovery qualifiers apply. This field contains the Logical
Block Address that may have failed the write or verify (compare) operation.
For a RECOVERED ERROR, the last Logical Block Address in the error is
returned; for a MEDIUM ERROR the first Logical Block Address is returned.
WRITE LONG
RECOVERED/
MEDIUM
ERROR
Write (10) error recovery qualifiers apply. The information field echoes the
WRITE LONG command’s Logical Block Address.
ILLEGAL
REQUEST
The transfer length residue (requested minus correct length) if the transfer
length is wrong.
Note: ILI will be set.