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address. An RAREA bit of zero indicates that no part of the translated address falls within a reserved area
of the medium.
Table 208:
Address Field LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS Format
Bit
7
Byte
0
(MSB)
:
3
4
0
5
0
6
0
7
0
Table 209:
Address Field Physical Sector Address Format
Bit
7
Byte
0
(MSB)
1
2
3
HEAD NUMBER
4
5
SECTOR NUMBER
6
7
[5]
An Alternate Sector (ALTSEC) bit of one indicates that the translated address is physically located in an
alternate sector of the medium. If the drive cannot determine if all or part of the translated address is
located in an alternate sector it shall set this bit to zero. An ALTSEC bit of zero indicates 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 information.
[6]
An Alternate Track (ALTTRK) bit of one indicates 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. An ALTTRK bit of zero indicates that no part of the translated address is
located on an alternate track of the medium.
[7]
The TRANSLATED FORMAT field contains the value from the SEND DIAGNOSTIC command translate
format field (see Table 235). The values are 000 (Logical block format) or 101 (Physical sector address
format).
[8]
The TRANSLATED ADDRESS field contains the address the target translated from the address supplied
by the initiator in the SEND DIAGNOSTIC command. This field shall be in the format specified in the
translate format field. The supported formats are shown in Tables 208 and 209.
6
5
4
LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
5
4
CYLINDER NUMBER
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
0
(LSB)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
(LSB)
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