METHOD OF FORMATTING RECORDING MEDIUM, HOST APPARATUS, AND RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS

摘要

A method of formatting a recording medium, and a host apparatus and/or recording and/or reproducing apparatus which use the method. The method includes providing information regarding a size and/or location of a user data area actually allocated on the recording medium after allocation of the user data area in a data area on the recording medium to format the recording medium.