Table 5-171Sense Key Information Field Contents

Command

Sense Key

Field Contents

 

 

 

 

RECOVERED

The address of the first bad sector encountered during the format operation.

FORMAT UNIT

This sector, and all other bad sectors found during a format operation, are au-

ERROR

 

tomatically reallocated by the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ILLEGAL

The first illegal defect descriptor encountered in the Defect Descriptor List.

 

REQUEST

 

 

 

RECOVERED/

The address of the first bad sector found during the read (possible only when

 

PER=1, DTE=0, and DCR=0.). For a RECOVERED ERROR, the last Logi-

READ(6)(10)

MEDIUM

cal Block Address in the error is returned; for a MEDIUM ERROR the first

 

ERROR

 

Logical Block Address is returned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECOVERED/

READ(6)(10) error recovery qualifiers apply. The information field echoes

READ LONG

MEDIUM

this command's Logical Block Address field.

 

ERROR

 

 

 

 

 

 

ILLEGAL

The transfer length residue (requested, minus correct length) if the transfer

 

length is wrong.

 

REQUEST

 

Note: ILI will be set.

 

 

 

 

 

REASSIGN

HARDWARE

The address of the first logical sector is not reassigned (the drive ran out of

BLOCKS

ERROR

spare sectors).

 

ILLEGAL

The first illegal defect descriptor encountered in the Defect Descriptor List.

 

REQUEST

 

 

SEEK(6)(10)

ILLEGAL

The first invalid sector address detected by the command.

REQUEST

 

 

 

RECOVERED/

WRITE(6)(10) error recovery qualifiers apply. Contains the Logical Block

 

Address that may have failed the write or verify (compare) operation. For a

VERIFY

MEDIUM

RECOVERED ERROR, the last Logical Block Address in the error is re-

 

ERROR

 

turned; for a MEDIUM ERROR the first Logical Block Address is returned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECOVERED/

The address of the first bad sector found during the write. (Possible only when

 

PER=1, DTE=0, and DCR=0.) For a RECOVERED ERROR, the last Logical

WRITE(6)(10)

MEDIUM

Block Address in the error is returned; for a MEDIUM ERROR the first Log-

 

ERROR

 

ical Block Address is returned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECOVERED/

WRITE(6)(10) error recovery qualifiers apply. This field contains the Logical

WRITE AND

Block Address that may have failed the write or verify (compare) operation.

MEDIUM

VERIFY

For a RECOVERED ERROR, the last Logical Block Address in the error is

ERROR

 

returned; for a MEDIUM ERROR the first Logical Block Address is returned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECOVERED/

Write (10) error recovery qualifiers apply. The information field echoes the

WRITE LONG

MEDIUM

WRITE LONG command’s Logical Block Address.

 

ERROR

 

 

 

 

 

 

ILLEGAL

The transfer length residue (requested minus correct length) if the transfer

 

length is wrong.

 

REQUEST

 

Note: ILI will be set.

 

 

 

 

 

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