Operating system selector and data storage drive

Details Operating system selector and data storage drive Operating system selector and data storage drive

2005-08-23

2005-08-23

Gaffin, Jeffrey (Department: 2182)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

C713S002000, C710S074000

Reexamination Certificate

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06934833

ABSTRACT:
An operating system selector operable to boot a non-EFI compatible operating system where the operating system files are stored in a GPT partition of a data storage drive, the data storage drive having a first address set, the operating system selector being operable to read a GUID partition table to identify address information relating to the GPT partition, define the GPT partition as a virtual data storage drive having a second address set, call an address mapper and pass the address information to the address mapper, and perform a loading step to boot the operating system.

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