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System for registering and initiating pre-boot environment for enabling partitions

US8386761B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

Shree Dandekar · Cedar Park, US
Alan E. Beelitz · Austin, US
Richard Charles Lawrence · Mont Belvieu, US
Paul J. Maia · Cedar Park, US
Michael K. Padilla · Round Rock, US
Alok Pant · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2010
Grant date	Feb 26, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/441
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for registering and initiating a pre-boot environment for enabling partitions. The method provides a basic input output system (CIOS) with an application program interface (API) that accesses a Logical Clock Address (LCA) sector number when a boot configuration flag is set, the LCA sector number stores an operating environment manager which then boots the information handling system to an appropriate partition.

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