System for and method of network booting of an operating system to a client computer using hibernation
US8090808B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/34
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for and method of network booting of an operating system (O/S) on one or more client devices, such as personal computers (PC's), employing a hibernation image. Remote booting of sets of client devices is facilitated by employing virtual disk emulation and, in certain preferred embodiments, broadcasting or multicasting of data residing on a network server which is necessary to appropriately boot and configure the one or more client devices, the data including hibernation, O/S and application files.
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