Method, apparatus, medium for storing and controlling accessibility to a removable medium
First Claim
1. A storing apparatus using a storing medium comprising:
- a medium information reading unit for reading out prerecorded system information and access management information from a predetermined area of said storing medium when said storing medium is inserted;
a medium management information forming unit for forming medium management information, into a memory, including a password and/or an access kind code which is used for access permission of each of a plurality of logically divided data areas in said storing medium and bootable information indicative of the presence or absence of a boot program that is necessary for a boot process of said apparatus, in correspondence to said plurality of data areas by said system information and said access management information; and
a command processing unit for, when an access request command is received from an upper apparatus, discriminating a permission and an inhibition of the access for an address and the access kind of said access request command with reference to said medium management information, for executing said access request command if the access is possible, and for reporting an error if the access is inhibited.
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Abstract
When a removable medium is inserted, a medium information managing unit of a storing apparatus reads out medium information in a predetermined area and analyzes, thereby forming medium management information including access formats such as ROM, RAM, security in which a password is needed, and the like in correspondence to a plurality of partitions constructing a virtual medium by dividing an area in the medium into a plurality of data areas. When an input/output request is received from an upper apparatus, a command processing unit recognizes the access format of the target partition from the medium management information and executes a process corresponding to the access format.
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15 Claims
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1. A storing apparatus using a storing medium comprising:
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a medium information reading unit for reading out prerecorded system information and access management information from a predetermined area of said storing medium when said storing medium is inserted;
a medium management information forming unit for forming medium management information, into a memory, including a password and/or an access kind code which is used for access permission of each of a plurality of logically divided data areas in said storing medium and bootable information indicative of the presence or absence of a boot program that is necessary for a boot process of said apparatus, in correspondence to said plurality of data areas by said system information and said access management information; and
a command processing unit for, when an access request command is received from an upper apparatus, discriminating a permission and an inhibition of the access for an address and the access kind of said access request command with reference to said medium management information, for executing said access request command if the access is possible, and for reporting an error if the access is inhibited. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A storage control method using a storing medium, comprising:
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a medium information reading step of reading out system information and access management information from a predetermined area of said storing medium when said storing medium is inserted;
a medium management information forming step of forming medium management information into a memory, including a password and/or an access kind code which is used for access permission of each of a plurality of logically divided data areas in said storing medium and bootable information indicative of the presence or absence of a boot program that is necessary for a boot process of said apparatus, in correspondence to said plurality of data areas by said system information and said access management information; and
a command processing step of, when an access request command is received, discriminating a permission and an inhibition of the access for an address and the access kind of said access request command with reference to said medium management information, executing said access request command if the access is possible, and reporting an error if the access is inhibited. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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