Software-enabled fast boot

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1997-12-18

2000-08-01

Lane, Jack A.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Control technique

711161, 711171, 713 2, G06F 1202

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06098158&

ABSTRACT:
A method of generating a boot image and using the boot image to restore a computer system having a processor, an operating system, physical memory, virtual memory and disk storage. The method may be initiated from any particular software application, or at multiple execution points within a particular application. One or more boot images may be stored in association with an initiating application. By providing full virtual memory support in the boot image, the computer system may be restored to any predetermined operating state.

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