Recording control apparatus and method, drive controlling controller and method, recording medium, and program

A recording control method, comprising the step of:

• controlling a recording controller that controls recording of data in a write-once recording medium to record pieces of basic management information in the recording medium, the basic management information storing information on a recording range of the recording medium, the basic management information storing a counter showing the number of times of updating content of the basic management information.

A program, causing a computer to execute processing comprising the step of:

• controlling a recording controller that controls recording of data in a write-once recording medium to record pieces of basic management information in the recording medium, the basic management information storing information on a recording range of the recording medium, the basic management information storing a counter showing the number of times of updating content of the basic management information.

A drive controlling controller, comprising:

• a manager that records pieces of basic management information in a write-once recording medium, the basic management information storing information on a recording range of the recording medium, the basic management information storing a counter showing the number of times of updating content of the basic management information.

A drive controlling method, comprising the step of:

• recording pieces of basic management information in a write-once recording medium, the basic management information storing information on a recording range of the recording medium, the basic management information storing a counter showing the number of times of updating content of the basic management information.

A write-once recording medium, comprising:

• a recording range;
• and
• management areas that record basic management information storing information on the recording range, the basic management information storing a counter showing the number of times of updating content of the basic management information.