System and method for mode select handling for a partitioned...

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2005-01-28

2008-11-11

Thai, Tuan V. (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Address formation

Address mapping

C711S154000, C711S200000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07451291

ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention includes a method for handling status commands direct to a partitioned media library that comprises establishing a set of initial logical element addresses for a set of physical element addresses with each initial logical element address corresponding to a physical element address of an element assigned to a library partition, assigning a set of new logical element addresses for the set of physical element addresses in response to a command from a host application (e.g., a MODE SELECT command) and determining a corresponding physical address for a received element address based on the set of new logical element addresses.

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