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How to know the head map from the rom file in WD?

June 11th, 2012, 10:23

1-any one can please tell me to to find out the values of the head map in the Rom file ?

2- where is the SPT in which module ?

any help will be appreciated

Re: How to know the head map from the rom file in WD?

June 11th, 2012, 14:17

For ROYL
1-any one can please tell me to to find out the values of the head map in the Rom file ?

mod 000Ah.
2- where is the SPT in which module ?

number of SA_tracks * SPT ~ region_SIZE (from mod.000Bh) ===> SPT~ region_SIZE/ number of SA_tracks

if permanent ovl is active then SPT is taken from mem_table 0Dh

Re: How to know the head map from the rom file in WD?

June 12th, 2012, 3:14

mod 000Ah is a part of ROM, so SPT is not required.

Its copy mod 0102h can be read from SA.

Re: How to know the head map from the rom file in WD?

June 12th, 2012, 5:05

BGman wrote:mod 000Ah is a part of ROM, so SPT is not required.

Its copy mod 0102h can be read from SA.

i just want to know how to find SPT value in 0A or in 102
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