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LOCATE 2Bh
Commands
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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.