Computer system for booting a system image by associating incomplete identifiers to complete identifiers via querying storage locations according to priority level where the querying is self adjusting
US8555048B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4405
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system has extensible firmware interface firmware. The EFI firmware loads incomplete virtual boot data from a resource manager and then completes the boot data. The completed boot data is used to find an operating-system image to boot. The complete virtual boot data is transferred to the resource manager.
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