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Booting computing devices with EFI aware operating systems

US8751783B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 2011
Grant dateJun 10, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2032

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

Abstract

Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to finding a boot loader on storage. A boot process for a computing device including storage including an extensible firmware interface aware operating system is started. The storage is searched for a boot loader associated with the extensible firmware interface aware operating system.

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