Specifications

ATAPI For Streaming Tape QIC-157 Rev B
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If beginning-of-partition is encountered while spacing over filemarks in the reverse direction,
“Check Condition” status and the Sense Key to NO SENSE shall be set. The EOM and Valid bits shall
be set to one, and the Information field set to the total number of filemarks not spaced over (the
requested number of filemarks minus the actual number of filemarks spaced over).
When spacing to end-of-data, the count field is ignored. Upon successful completion, the medium
shall be positioned such that a subsequent write operation would append to the last logically recorded
information.
If end-of-partition is encountered while spacing to end-of-data, “Check Condition” status shall be
returned, the Sense Key shall be set to MEDIUM ERROR, the EOM bit shall be set to one, and the
Valid bit shall be set to zero.
Table 6-73 Recommended Sense Key, ASC and ASCQ for SPACE Errors
Sense Key ASC ASCQ Description of Error
02 04 00 NOT READY, CAUSE NOT REPORTABLE
02 3A 00 MEDIUM NOT PRESENT
04 15 00 RANDOM POSITIONING ERROR
05 20 00 INVALID COMMAND OPERATION CODE
05 24 00 INVALID FIELD IN COMMAND PACKET
06 28 00 NOT READY TO READY TRANSITION
06 29 00 POWER ON, RESET, OR ATAPI SOFT RESET OCCURRED
06 2A 01 MODE PARAMETERS CHANGED