Apparatus, method and recording medium for starting up data...

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2004-02-26

2008-10-07

Perveen, Rehana (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

Loading initialization program

C713S001000, C713S100000, C710S001000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07434042

ABSTRACT:
A data processing system comprised of multiplexed boot devices storing operating systems so that when a device of a master system cannot be used for startup, a device of a slave system is forcibly switched to for startup, wherein a memory stores boot firmware environment variable area including first variable data including device setting data of boot candidates, second variable data including index data designating a boot device based on that device setting data, and third variable data in which a binary value indicating if multiplexing is “valid” or not is set and wherein boot firmware decides on a boot device based on the settings of the environment variable areas and starts up the operating system stored in that boot device to start up the system.

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