IBM DTCA-24090 Hard Drive Specifications - Page 93
Read information data from protected area.
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3. Conventional usage without system software support Since the H D D works as 528MB device, there is no special care to use this device for normal use. 4. Advanced usage using protected area The data in the protected area is accessed by following. Issue Read Native Max LBA/CYL command to get the real device max LBA/CYL. Returned value shows that native device Max LBA is 0 F F F F F h regardless of the current setting. Make entire device be accessible including the protected area by setting device Max LBA as 0FFFFFh via Set Max LBA/CYL command with volatile option. By using this option, unexpected power removal or reset will not make the protected area remained accessible. Read information data from protected area. Issue hard reset or P O R to inhibit any access to the protected area. General Operation Descriptions 85