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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:09:23 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>Also, is Word 49, bit 2 (LBA supported) now obsolete? By implication CHS is
>only optional in ATA-7 AIUI, yet LBA is required, thus the bit becomes
>obsolete. Or does it have further implications than this?

Making the LBA bit (or the DMA bit obsolete would mean it did not
need to be 1 even for a device that supported LBA (or DMA). That 
would break a lot of host software.

Hale



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