US 7,542,380 B2
Method of and apparatus for immediately writing or reading files on a disc-like recording medium having control information on defect management stored in a predefined location and such a disc-like recording medium
Pope Ijtsma, Eindhoven (Netherlands); and Dirk Hamelinck, Hasselt (Belgium)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Filed on Dec. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/565,889.
Application 11/565889 is a continuation of application No. 10/792626, filed on Mar. 03, 2004, granted, now 7,151,725.
Application 10/792626 is a continuation of application No. 10/453017, filed on Jun. 03, 2003, granted, now 6,724,701.
Application 10/453017 is a continuation of application No. 09/873565, filed on Jun. 04, 2001, granted, now 6,594,209.
Claims priority of application No. 00201988 (EP), filed on Jun. 06, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2007/0094553 A1, Apr. 26, 2007
Int. Cl. G11B 21/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 369—30.01  [369/275.3] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. An apparatus for providing control information on defect management on a removable recording medium, the removable recording medium comprising predefined locations for enabling booting and/or file system read/write, the apparatus comprising:
means for recording said control information in at least one of said locations,
wherein the removable recording medium is addressable by logical sector numbering, the recording means records said control information in logical sector numbered 16 reserved by the ISSO 9660 system.