Methods and apparatus for automatically multi-booting a...

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2006-08-22

2010-02-02

Butler, Dennis M (Department: 2115)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

Loading initialization program

C713S100000, C714S023000

Reexamination Certificate

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07657734

ABSTRACT:
The invention allows automatically multi-booting a computer. Each functional mode of a computer having at least two operating systems installed is associated with one of the operating systems. Functional mode information identifying a particular functional mode of the computer is stored by a recovery system. While starting the computer, a boot loader receives the stored functional mode information, selects the operating system associated with the particular functional mode, and activates the selected operating system for the computer.

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