Patent ID: 7760594
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A drive apparatus for performing a sequential recording for a write-once recording medium, wherein the write-once recording medium includes a data area and a disc management information area, the data area includes a spare area and a user data area, disc management information for managing the write-once recording medium is recorded in the disc management information area, a plurality of physical addresses are assigned to the data area, a plurality of logical addresses are assigned to the user data area, at least one track is allocated in the user data area, the disc management information includes track management information for managing the at least one track, and the track management information includes a last recorded address indicating a location at which data is last recorded in a track, the drive apparatus comprising: wherein the drive control section performs a process including: when the physical address corresponding to the logical address included in the recording instruction is equal to the next writable address, performing a process including: