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Operating system rebooting method

US6253320A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1998
Grant dateJun 26, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1417
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of rebooting an operating system including a plurality of load modules in a single computer. One load module which is to be operated during rebooting of the operating system is held in a memory, while establishing a state capable of accepting interrupt to be processed by the one load module. All the other load modules are loaded in a memory of the computer. Processing of the interrupt can be executed by the one load module even during rebooting of the operating system.

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