SCSI Description

 

 

 

 

 

Format Device Page-Field Descriptions (Page 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameters Savable. This bit is only used with the MODE SENSE com-

(KGNFPS

8CNWG0

mand. This bit is reserved with&GUETKRVKQPthe MODE SELECT command. A PS bit

 

 

value of 1 indicates that the disk drive is capable of saving the page in

 

 

a non-volatile vendor specific location.

 

 

 

Tracks/Zone

 

The number of physical tracks per cylinder:

 

for 18 GB,

for 36 GB, for 73 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alternate

 

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The number of spare locations within a notch:

Sectors/Zone

 

for 18 GB,

for 36 GB,

for 73 GB

Alternate Tracks/

0

The drive does not have any alternate tracks.

Zone

 

 

 

 

 

Alternate Tracks/

 

The￿￿number of tracks reserved for defect handling:

Logical Unit

 

for 18 GB, ￿￿for 36 GB,

￿for 73 GB

Sectors/Track

579

The number of Physical Block Address sectors per track. The value de-

 

 

pends on the Notch value selected in the Notch and Partitions page.

Data Bytes/

512

This value is the current disk sector size.

Physical Sector

 

 

 

 

 

Interleave

1

The drive does not support interleave.

Track Skew

Table5-

The number of physical sectors between the last logical sector on one

track and the first logical sector on the next track within a cylinder:

 

Factor

9525 for 18 GB, 25 for 36 GB, 25 for 73 GB

Cylinder Skew

 

The number of physical sectors between the last logical sector on one

 

cylinder and the first logical sector on the next cylinder:

Factor

 

 

23 for 18 GB, 23 for 36 GB, 23 for 73 GB

 

 

 

 

 

SSEC

0

The drive does not use soft sector formatting.

 

 

 

HSEC

1

The drive supports hard sector formatting only.

 

 

 

RMB

0

The drive does not support removable logical media.

 

 

 

 

 

A Surface bit value of 0 indicates that the drive allocates progressive

SURF

0

addresses to all logical blocks within a cylinder prior to allocating ad-

 

 

dresses on the next￿

cylinder.￿

￿￿

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Maxtor 10K III manual Non-volatile vendor specific location, For 18 GB For 36 GB For 73 GB, Zone, Physical Sector