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Travelstar 5K100 Hard Disk Drive Specification

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13.37 Set Multiple (C6h)

Table 115: Set Multiple command (C6h)

The Set Multiple command enables the device to perform Read and Write Multiple commands and establishes the

block size for these commands. The block size is the number of sectors to be transferred for each interrupt.

The default block size after power up or hard reset is 0. The Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands are dis-

abled.

If an invalid block size is specified, an Abort error will be returned to the host. The Read Multiple and Write Mul-

tiple commands will be disabled.

Output parameters to the device

Sector Count

This indicates the block size to be used for the Read Multiple and the Write Multiple com-

mands. Valid block sizes can be selected from 0, 2, 4, 8 or 16. If 0 is specified, then the

Read Multiple and the Write Multiple commands are disabled.

Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers

Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - -

Feature - - - - - - - - Error see below

Sector Count V V V V V V V V Sector Count - - - - - - - -

LBA Low - - - - - - - - LBA Low - - - - - - - -

LBA Mid - - - - - - - - LBA Mid - - - - - - - -

LBA High - - - - - - - - LBA High - - - - - - - -

Device 1 - 1 D - - - - Device - - - - - - - -

Command 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Status see below

Error Register Status Register

7654321 0 76543 21 0

CRC UNC 0 IDN 0 ABT T0N AMN BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ COR IDX ERR

00000V0 0 0V0-- 0- V

Hitachi 5K100 - Travelstar - Hard Drive User Manual

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