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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: HD CMD_READ solved - solution and question
Message-ID: <1423@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 91 07:53:04 GMT
References: <1991Jun24.125808.48207@cc.usu.edu> <1410@cbmger.UUCP> <1991Jun26.133654.48232@cc.usu.edu>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1991Jun26.133654.48232@cc.usu.edu> sl87m@cc.usu.edu (The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Ensemble) writes:
>
>Curiosity yes/no question:
>
>CMD_READ seems to be taking an absolute block number, ignoring any partitioning
>of the drive. Is this true? (I have to convert partition block numbers into
>absolute block numbers to access the correct block.  e.g. DH0: goes from track
>2 to track 445 with 26 sectors/track, 7 heads/cylinder -- I have to add 2*26*7
>= 364 to DH0's block number to get at it.)

Same on all my disks. (not the numbers :-)

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