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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Junichi Terai, Takatsuki, JP;
Yasunori Yamamoto, Takatsuki, JP;
Keizo Sumida, Hirakata, JP;
Yoshiteru Mino, Hirakata, JP;
Yoshinori Tokimoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Junichi Terai, Takatsuki, JP;
Yasunori Yamamoto, Takatsuki, JP;
Keizo Sumida, Hirakata, JP;
Yoshiteru Mino, Hirakata, JP;
Yoshinori Tokimoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An information processing device is provided in which a valid initial program is transferred to a RAM while avoiding a invalid block which is present in a low reliable storage device, such as a NAND-type flash memory or the like. A management information storing sectionstores management informationindicating a position of a invalid block in a first storage deviceWhen an information processing deviceis powered on, a transfer determination sectionis controlled to read a BSPfrom a valid block of a first storage devicebased on the management informationand transfer the BSPto a second storage deviceThereby, it is possible to avoid reading of a invalid block present in the first storage device