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- To: X3T9.2 SCSI Committee X3T9.2/89-012r1
- From: Pete Bramhall, Hewlett-Packard, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, England.
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- Subject : Separation of BOM and BOP0 9 January 1989
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- Proposal:
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- Rev 6a, page 9-4, 4th para, 2nd sentence. Add text at start :
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- For some devices and tape formats, beginning-of-partition zero (BOP0)
- is equivalent to the beginning-of-medium; for others, it is not.
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- Rev 6a, page 9-4, 6th para, 1st sentence. Remove first word {Additional}
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- {} Partitions on a volume do not need to be recorded in any defined order,
- nor do all partition numbers in a sequnce need to be present on a volume.
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- Rev 6a, page 9-14, 6th para. Replace 1st sentence by :
- A load bit of one indicates that the medium in the logical unit shall be
- loaded and logically positioned to the beginning-of-partition zero (BOP0).
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- Rev 6a, page 9-53 Glossary. Replace 2nd para by :
- Beginning-of-medium. The extreme position along the medium in the direction
- away from the supply reel. For some devices and tape formats, this is
- equivalent to the start of the default data partition; for others, it is
- not.
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- Justification:
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- Not all partitioned sequential formats have Partition 0 at the beginning-of-
- medium. The above changes make the text more generally applicable, and
- clarify the differences between logical positions and physical positions.
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