How to determine the starting LBA of OD, MD and ID of a driv

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wuming79
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How to determine the starting LBA of OD, MD and ID of a driv

October 30th, 2013, 3:31

Hi,

Is it possible to determine the starting LBA of OD, MD and ID of a drive for different heads in the drives? I was tasked to write a script to check the start of the above but I am stuck at identifying the LBA at different location per head.
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Re: How to determine the starting LBA of OD, MD and ID of a

November 1st, 2013, 15:32

what's OD MD and ID?
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Re: How to determine the starting LBA of OD, MD and ID of a

November 1st, 2013, 17:47

OD - outer diameter
ID- inner
MD - middle

It's is only possible with vendor specific commands, unless it's a SCSI/SAS/FC drive
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