Patent · US Expired

System and method for initiating operation of a computer system

US6347371B1 · kind B1 · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 25, 1999
Grant dateFeb 12, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4408
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system includes first and second computer-readable media. The second computer-readable medium stores information specifying one of the first and second computer-readable media from which the computer system boots. The computer system reads the information from the second computer-readable medium and boots from the specified one of the first and second computer-readable media in response to an event and the information.

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