Method and apparatus for effecting drive ordering via adapter preference
US5696968A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4408
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for enabling a user to designate device order and boot-device preference in a computer system in which the devices are controlled by mass storage controllers is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a customization program of the present invention gathers user preference order for any controllers present in a computer system, which information is stored in a nonvolatile storage element in the computer system. During bootup of the computer, the system's ROM BIOS retrieves the stored preference information and initializes the system's mass storage controllers in the user-specified order. This initialization ordering controls which set of drives is configured first, and therefore, which drive is given boot priority and the drive ordering as seen by the operating system.
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