Deskstar T7K500 Hard Disk Drive Specification
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12.19 Read Multiple (C4h)
Table 108: Read Multiple (C4h)
The Read Multiple command reads one or more sectors of data from disk media and then transfers the data from
the device to the host.
The sectors are transferred through the Data Register 16 bits at a time. The command execution is identical to the
Read Sectors command with one exception: an interrupt is generated for each block—as defined by the Set Multi-
ple command—instead of for each sector.
Command Block Output Registers Command Block Input Registers
Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Register 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Data - - - - - - - - Data - - - - - - - -
Feature - - - - - - - - Error see below
Sector Count V V V V V V V V Sector Count V V V V V V V V
Sector Number V V V V V V V V Sector Number V V V V V V V V
Cylinder Low V V V V V V V V Cylinder Low V V V V V V V V
Cylinder High V V V V V V V V Cylinder High V V V V V V V V
Device/Head 1 L 1 D H H H H Device/Head - - - - H H H H
Command 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 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
0V0V0V0 0 0V0V- 0- V