11 Aug
2004
11 Aug
'04
7:01 a.m.
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Cini, Richard wrote:
I don't mean "machine address" but
rather some sort of block address on the
media. I was thinking more on the lines of how data sectors on a hard drive
are numbered...not CHS numbering but "absolute sector" numbering from 0 to
something.
I see. That's still specifiable in the spec. Rather than having <TRACK>
and <SECTOR> tags, you could have <BLOCK> tags. This, again, is something
to be hashed out when the spec is actually developed.
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