IDE knowledge anyone?
Maciej W. Rozycki
macro at linux-mips.org
Sat Jan 23 22:57:54 CST 2016
On Sun, 24 Jan 2016, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> "Note: Previous ATA specifications were unclear about the error conditions
> that this command may indicate. Some implementations do not indicate any
> errors for this command even when the command fails. However, most of
> these implementations do fail media access commands if a valid CHS
> translation is not in effect."
>
> -- which is (the latter sentence, that is) obviously what you've been
> observing with your WD drive.
Furthermore:
"Note: Some ATA-1 devices require that this command be issued prior to
media access."
Maciej
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