Boot architecture discovery in pre-boot environment

Details Boot architecture discovery in pre-boot environment Boot architecture discovery in pre-boot environment

2006-02-21

2009-06-09

Lee, Thomas (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

C713S002000, C713S100000, C709S203000, C709S226000, C709S232000

Reexamination Certificate

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07546448

ABSTRACT:
Identifying characteristics of a client in a pre-boot environment. A packet is received from the client. The packet includes a request for an image to boot the client by a computing device. An application is transmitted from the computing device to the client in response to the received packet. The client executes the transmitted application. A response is received from the application executed by the client. The characteristics of the client are determined based on the received response. An image to boot the client is transmitted, and the transmitted image is a function of the determined characteristics.

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