IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus with a high-speed startup.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 1 includes a main storage part 100 and an auxiliary storage part 110. A boot loader 300 stored in the auxiliary storage part 110 is mapped in the main storage part 100. The mapped boot loader 300 is executed to generate a failure zone table 320 of the auxiliary storage part 110. The generated failure zone table 320 is referred to a kernel 310 of an OS stored in the auxiliary storage part 110. When the kernel 310 is executed, a failure zone table 320 is not generated. This enables the OS to use the failure zone table 320 generated by the boot loader 300, shortening startup time.