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> Neither the SCSI standard nor ATAPI-7 restrict the blocksize to be 512 > bytes, There is theory and there is practice. I likewise now mis/remember hearing ATA/PI 7 changed vs. earlier work, maybe specifically vs. ATA/PI 6, to try to make room for N * 512 bytes/LBA. SCSI I know better: The SCSI PDT x05 MMC = DVD/CD standard requires 2048 bytes/LBA, in theory as in practice. The SCSI PDT x0E/07/04/00 SBC/RBC = HDD/Flash standard theoretically allows bytes/LBA other than 512, aye. In practice, hosts go boom, especially when bytes/LBA exceeds a physical page e.g. 4 KiB. > there is a wide variety of applications that use other blocksizes. I Aye. > see no reason to place an artificial constraint on SCSI/ATA > translation when it's a simple matter to forward the capacity reported > by Identify Device (when it's valid). Is it simple? Not simple to test - we'll have to find such a device? > I have no problem with reporting 512 bytes if the ATA device doesn't > report the blocksize and if it isn't known by some other means. I agree default to 512 isn't in dispute. > ReplyTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Re: [t13] Web site ... > Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld. I first took the liberty of retitling. Transmission failed. I then took the liberty of replying to [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. Transmission failed. I then took the liberty of crafting a from scratch message containing only the body of this e-mail. Maybe this third try will work. Pat LaVarre
