Pioneer BDR-203 On BD-R media, Format Sub-type, Format Type = 32h Fo mat BD-R with Spare Areas

BDR-203/BDC-203 Command Reference Manual Version 0.90

4.3.1.1.2 On BD-R media

For BD-R, 4096 spare Clusters are allocated in ISA0 and 8192 Clusters in OSA. In addition, for BD-R Dual, 4096 spare Clusters are allocated in ISA1. TDMA1 size is 2048 Clusters and TDMA2 is 4096 Clusters. For BD-R Dual, TDMA2 is 2048 Clusters, TDMA3 is 4096 Clusters, TDMA4 is 4096 Clusters and TDMA5 is 2048 Clusters.

The drive supports the following Format Sub-type:

Table 7 - Format Sub-type

Sub-type	Description
Value
00b	SRM with POW
01b	SRM without POW

The Drive ignores the Number of Blocks field and the Block Length field.

4.3.1.2 Format Type = 30h (Format with Spare Areas for BD-RE)

The drive supports the following Format Sub-type:

Table 8 - Format Sub-type

Sub-type	Description	ONFIDENTIAL
Value
00b	Quick Reformat
01b	No Certification

The drive formats the disc in order that the User Data Area co tai s at least Number of Blocks. If the number of spare Clusters to be allocated depend on Number of Blocks is less than 4096, the command will be terminated with CHECK CONDITION status and a SK/ASC/ASCQ values are set to ILLEGAL REQUEST/INVALID FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST(05/26/00).

		C
	The Spare Area size in Clusters field is ignored by the drive.
	IONEER
	4.3.1.3 Format Type = 32h (Fo mat BD-R with Spare Areas)
	The drive supports the Format Sub-types as Table 9 - Format Sub-type.
	Table 9 - F rmat Sub-type
	Sub-type	Description
	Value
P		SRM with POW
	00b
	01b	SRM without POW

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