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Live initialization of a boot device

US9280356B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 2015
Grant dateMar 8, 2016
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3419
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are provided that include executing, by a processor, a software stack received from a first boot image, and retrieving and executing, by the processor, a second software stack. A writeable boot device such as a storage device with a removable medium is detected, and the second software stack is saved by replacing, on the writeable boot device, the first boot image with a second boot image comprising the second software stack.

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