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lated address. A RAREA bit of zero indicates that no part of
the translated address falls within a reserved area of the me-
dium.
5.
An alternate sector (ALTSEC) bit of 1 indicates that the trans-
lated address is physically located in an alternate sector of
the medium. If the drive cannot determine whether all or part
of the translated address is located in an alternate sector, it
will 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 1 indicates that part or all
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).The values are
000 (Logical block format) or 101 (Physical sector address
format).
8.
The Translated Address field contains the address supplied
by the initiator in the Send Diagnostic command. This field
will be in the format specified in the translate format field.
The supported formats are shown in the following tables.
Address Field Logical Block Address Format
Bytes
Bits
76543210
0–3 Logical Block Address
400000000
500000000
600000000
700000000
Address Field Physical Sector Format
Bytes
Bits
76543210
0–2 Cylinder Number
3 Head Number
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