CP | Change Partition. This field is not supported and should be set to zero. |
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Immed | 0 The drive only reports status after the Locate command has completed. |
1The drive reports status when it starts the command and continues with the positioning in the background.
BAM | 0 This field is not supported. | |
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Block | The Block Address specifies the number of blocks and filemarks between BOM and the | |
Address | position to be located. | |
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Partition | Not supported. | |
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Dest type 00b | Specifies that the Logical Identifier field is a logical object identifier. | |
| 01b | Specifies that the Logical Identifier field is a logical file identifier. |
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Logical | The specific block on tape to locate. It can be a generic block, either a record or a filemark | |
Identifier | (Dest Type = 00b) or a specific filemark on tape (Dest Type = 01b). | |
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Locate specific status:
Event | Status | Key | Additional Sense |
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EOD encountered | CHECK CONDN | BLANK CHECK | 0005h (EOD encountered). |
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EOM encountered | CHECK CONDN | MEDIUM ERROR | 0002h (EOT encountered). EOM bit set. |
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Failed to read data— | CHECK CONDN | HARDWARE ERROR 3B00h (sequential positioning error) | |
media error or |
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Early Warning EOM | Early warning end of medium information is not reported for Locate commands | ||
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Data format corrupt | CHECK CONDN | MEDIUM ERROR | 3001h (can’t read media, unknown format) |
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54 Commands