Bootstrapping from a remote disk image via a network
US9280360B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 13, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/5014
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of bootstrapping from a remote image file comprising loading, by a processor, an initial bootloader, employing the initial bootloader to download a final bootloader from the remote image file via a network, employing the final bootloader to mount the remote image file as a block device, downloading a kernel and root file system mounting data from the remote image, and executing the kernel to bootstrap the processor based on the root file system mounting data.
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