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Locate 2bh, Pre-execution checks, Command descriptor block (10-byte version) – HP Q153090901 User Manual

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LOCATE 2Bh

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LOCATE

2Bh

The

LOCATE

command moves the current logical position to the position specified by the

command. The new position is specified by the offset from start of the media in terms of blocks.

The first block (that is, BOT) is block address 0.

Any unwritten data is written to tape before the command is executed.

Pre-execution checks:

Command descriptor block (10-byte version):

(16-byte version):

CDB fields:

Illegal Field

Reservation

Deferred Error

Unit Attention

Media Access

Diagnostic Status

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Operation Code (2Bh)

1

Reserved (0)

BT (0)

CP (0)

Immed

2

Reserved (0)

3

(MSB)

Block Address

6

(LSB)

7

Reserved (0)

8

Partition (0)

9

Control

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

Operation Code (92h)

1

Reserved (0)

Dest Type

Rsvd (0)

CP (0)

Immed

2

Reserved (0)

BAM (0)

3

Partition (0)

4

(MSB)

Logical Identifier

11

(LSB)

12

Reserved (0)

14
15

Control

BT

Block address Type.

This field is not supported and should always be set to zero indicating

that the Block Address field represents the count of all blocks and filemarks between the

beginning of the media and the current logical position.