Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-11
2008-10-14
Peikari, B. James (Department: 2189)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
C711S162000, C714S005110, C714S006130
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437524
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dumping memory. More particularly a computer-implemented method of saving at least some data within volatile storage to non-volatile storage when a computer system panics is described. The method includes the steps of: the computer system defining a specified portion of volatile storage (1) containing data to be saved as a dump device (2), rebooting (8) the computer system without affecting the data within the dump device, and the computer system copying (12) the data in the dump device to non-volatile storage (13). A reboot of the computer system after copying the data to non-volatile storage is not necessary for the computer system to begin (14) normal operation.
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Kasturi Kiran Kumar
Millward Scott T.
Narayan Ranjani
Raghunandan Meera K.
Sengupta Sabyasachi
Hewlett--Packard Development Company, L.P.
Peikari B. James
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