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SG_WRITE_LONG(8) SG3_UTILS SG_WRITE_LONG(8)
NAME
sg_write_long - send the SCSI WRITE LONG command
SYNOPSIS
sg_write_long [--16] [--cor_dis] [--help] [--in=IF] [--lba=LBA]
[--pblock] [--verbose] [--version] [--wr_uncor] [--xfer_len=BTL] DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
Send the SCSI WRITE LONG (10 or 16 byte) command to DEVICE. The buffer
to be written to the DEVICE is filled with 0xff bytes or read from the
IF file. This buffer includes the logical data (e.g. 512 bytes) and the
ECC bytes.
This utility can be used to generate a MEDIUM ERROR at a specific logi‐
cal block address. This can be useful for testing error handling. Prior
to such a test, the sg_dd utility could be used to copy the original
contents of the logical block address to some safe location. After the
test the sg_dd utility could be used to write back the original con‐
tents of the logical block address. An alternate strategy would be to
read the "long" contents of the logical block address with sg_read_long
utility prior to testing and restore it with this utility after test‐
ing.
Take care: If recoverable errors are being injected (e.g. only one or a
few bits changed so that the ECC is able to correct the data) then care
should be taken with the settings in the "read write error recovery"
mode page. Specifically if the ARRE (for reads) and/or AWRE (for
writes) are set then recovered errors will cause the lba to be reas‐
signed (and the old location to be added to the grown defect list
(PLIST)). This is not easily reversed and uses the (finite number) of
spare sectors set aside for this purpose. If in doubt it is probably
safest to clear the ARRE and AWRE bits. These bits can be checked and
modified with the sdparm utility. For example: "sdparm -c AWRE,ARRE
/dev/sda" will clear the bits until the disk is rebooted.
OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
-S, --16
send a SCSI WRITE LONG (16) command to DEVICE. The default
action (in the absence of this option) is to send a SCSI WRITE
LONG (10) command.
-c, --cor_dis
sets the correction disabled (i.e 'COR_DIS') bit. This inhibits
various other mechanisms such as automatic block reallocation,
error recovery and various informational exception conditions
being triggered. This bit is new in SBC-3 .
-h, --help
output the usage message then exit.
-i, --in=IF
read data (binary) from file named IF and use it for the SCSI
WRITE LONG command. If IF is "-" then stdin is read. If this
option is not given then 0xff bytes are used as fill.
-l, --lba=LBA
where LBA is the logical block address of the sector to over‐
write. Defaults to lba 0 which is a dangerous block to over‐
write on a disk that is in use. Assumed to be in decimal unless
prefixed with '0x' or has a traling 'h'. If LBA is larger than
can fit in 32 bits then the --16 option should be used.
-p, --pblock
sets the physical block (i.e 'PBLOCK') bit. This instructs
DEVICE to use the given data (unless --wr_uncor is also given)
to write to the physical block specified by LBA. The default
action is to write to the logical block corresponding to the
given lba. This bit is new in SBC-3 .
-v, --verbose
increase the degree of verbosity (debug messages).
-V, --version
output version string then exit.
-w, --wr_uncor
sets the "write uncorrected" (i.e 'WR_UNCOR') bit. This
instructs the DEVICE to flag the given lba (or the physical
block that contains it if --pblock is also given) as having an
unrecoverable error associated with it. Note: no data is trans‐
ferred to DEVICE, other than the command (i.e. the cdb). The
default action is to use the provided data (--xfer_len=BTL in
length) and write it to DEVICE. This bit is new in SBC-3 .
-x, --xfer_len=BTL
where BTL is the byte transfer length (default to 520). If the
given value (or the default) does not match the "long" block
size of the device, nothing is written to DEVICE and the appro‐
priate xfer_len value may be deduced from the error response
which is printed (to stderr).
NOTES
The LBA and BTL (transfer length) arguments may be followed by the fol‐
lowing multiplicative suffixes: c C *1; w W *2; b B *512; k K KiB
*1,024; KB *1,000; m M MiB *1,048,576; MB *1,000,000; g G GiB
*1,073,741,824; and GB *1,000,000,000 . Also a suffix of the form
"x<n>" multiplies the leading number by <n>.
Alternatively numerical values can be given in hexadecimal preceded by
either "0x" or "0X" (or with a trailing "h" or "H"). When hex numbers
are given, multipliers cannot be used.
To read from a defective sector (that, for example, has been filled
with 0xff bytes by this utility) use:
sg_dd if=DEVICE skip=LBA of=/dev/null bs=512 count=1
To overwrite to a defective sector use:
sg_dd of=DEVICE seek=LBA if=/dev/zero bs=512 count=1
This will result in a sector (block) with 512 bytes of 0x0 without a
MEDIUM ERROR since the ECC and associated data will be well formed.
The 10 byte SCSI WRITE LONG command limits the logical block address to
a 32 bit quantity. For larger lbas use the --16 option for the SCSI
WRITE LONG (16) command.
EXIT STATUS
The exit status of sg_write_long is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise
see the sg3_utils(8) man page.
AUTHORS
Written by Saeed Bishara. Further work by Douglas Gilbert.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004-2007 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under the GPL version 2. There is NO war‐
ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR‐
POSE.
SEE ALSO
sg_read_long, sg_dd (both in sg3_utils), sdparm(sdparm)
sg3_utils-1.23 January 2007 SG_WRITE_LONG(8)
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