Delete Partition Page 33H; Capabilities And Mechanical Status Page 2Ah - Sony AIT-SDX460 Product Specifications Manual

7. ATAPI Packet Command Specification
7.8.9.

Delete Partition Page 33h

The drive supports the Delete Partition Page which has the following format:
Bit 7
Byte
0 Reserved
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Indicated Partition Number: a value that specifies the partition number ABOVE which partitions are to be deleted.
Consequently, the value cannot represent the last, open-ended partition on tape. The specified
partition itself is converted into an open-ended partition with its data contents preserved.
The Delete Partition Command is available in the AIT mode and only for an AIT mode cassette.
The SDX-460V rewinds the tape to Bottom of Active Partition, after Delete Partition.
Delete Partition is System area in the Active partition.
7.8.10.

Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page 2Ah

The drive supports the AIT Device Configuration Page which has the following format:
Table 7-45: MODE PAGE Capabilities and Mechanical Status (2Ah)
Bit 7
Byte
0 Reserved
1
2
3
4 Reserved Reserved
5 Reserved Reserved
6 CMPRS ECC
(1)
7 Reserved Reserved
8
9
10
11
12 (MSB)
13
14
15
16 (MSB)
17
18
19
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Table 7-44: MODE PAGE Delete Partition (33h)
6 5
Indicated Partition Number
6 5
SPREV Reserved
(1)
MPF Reserved
(1)
Reserved DISCONNECT
(1) (0)
Reserved Reserved
Continuous Transfer Limit (in blocks)
Buffer Size (in 512 bytes)
4 3
Page Code (33h)
Page Length (08h)
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
4 3
Page Code (2Ah)
Page Length (12h)
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved Reserved
Reserved Reserved
(EFMT)
EJECT PREVENT
(1) (0)
Reserved BLK1024
(1)
Reserved
Reserved
(TBD)
Reserved
Reserved
SONY AIT-1Turbo drive SDX-460V series Ver.1.0
MODE SENSE
2 1 0
2 1 0
Reserved Reserved
(RO)
Reserved Reserved
LOCKED LOCK
(1)
BLK512 Reserved
(1)
(LSB)
(LSB)