Disk drive employing boot disk space to expedite the boot operation for a host computer
US8082433B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4401
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed wherein boot data is transmitted from a first plurality of data sectors to a host during a first boot operation, and a log is maintained identifying a plurality of the transmitted data sectors. The log is used to write the boot data to a boot disk space comprising a second plurality of data sectors. During a second boot operation, the boot data is pre-fetched from the second plurality of data sectors of the boot disk space and stored in a cache.
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