Notch And Partition Page (0Ch) - Maxtor Atlas 10K V Product Manual

5.12.11

Notch and Partition Page (0Ch)

The Notch and Partition page contains parameters for drives that implement a variable
number of sectors per cylinder, and, support this page. Each section of the logical unit
with a different number of sectors is referred to as a notch (or band). Each notch must
span a set of consecutive logical blocks in the logical unit, the notches must not
overlay, and no logical blocks can be excluded from the notches. The data format and
field descriptions are described in Table 5-70 and Table 5-71 respectively.
Bit
Byte
0
1
2
3
4 – 5
6 – 7
8 – 11
12 – 15
16 – 23
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Table 5-70
Notch and Partition Page-(Page 0Ch)
7 6 5
PS Rsvd
ND LPN
4 3
Page Code (0Ch)
Page Length (16h)
Reserved
Reserved
Maximum Number of Notches
Active Notch
Starting Boundary
Ending Boundary
Pages Notched
2 1 0