HP Surestore 80fx Optical Drive and Library SCSI-2 Command Reference - Page 104

SCSI-2 Drive Commands Table 2-58 SCSI-2 Drive Command Set Mode Sense (Group 0) Command (1AH) Format Mode Format Mode 03H supports two types of format (type 0 and type 1) by setting byte 3. Format Mode 03H - Type 0 Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2 Format Mode (03H) 3 Type 00H 4 Size of User Band (MSByte) 5 Size of User Band 6 Size of User Band 7 Size of User Band (LSByte) 8 Size of Spare Band (MSByte) 9 Size of Spare Band (LSByte) 10 Number of Bands (MSByte) 11 Number of Bands (LSByte) Size of User Band Size of Spare Band Number of Bands The Size of User Band field indicates the length of each user band in number of logical blocks. The Size of Spare Band field indicates the length of each spare band in number of logical blocks. The Number of Bands field indicates the bands on the disk. The drive can read and write multi-band formatted disks, but can create only single-band disks. Chapter 2 2-67