Patent ID: 8209467
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a type detecting section configured to detect a type of detachably held storage medium; an erase-block size detecting section configured to detect an erase-block size of the storage medium; a recording section configured to record desired data to a data area in the storage medium and to record management information of the data area to a management area in the storage medium; and a control section configured to control the recording section by issuing a command to the recording section, on the basis of a result of the detection performed by the type detecting section and of a result of the detection performed by the erase-block size detecting section, wherein, each time a certain amount of data is recorded to the data area, the control section updates the management information in accordance with the recording of the certain amount of data to the data area, and when the storage medium is detected by the type detecting section as being a storage medium for which a write size determination includes consideration of the erase-block size, the control section determines the write size for the certain amount of data according to the erase-block size such that an increased erase-block size corresponds to an increased write size.