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US 2003/0120909 A1Published application
Boot process
OwnerVincent J. Zimmer, Kirk D. Brannock +1inventors
InventorsVincent J. Zimmer, Kirk D. Brannock, Sham M. Datta
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Abstract
A boot routine is initialized in a computer by bootstrapping a volume top file (VTF) located in a first addressable location accessible upon the initializing of the boot routine and the volume top file bootstrapping a set of firmware modules.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- initializing a boot routine in a computer;
- bootstrapping a volume top file located in a first addressable location accessible upon the initializing of the boot routine;
- and
- the volume top file bootstrapping a set of firmware modules.
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A system comprising:
- a non-volatile memory of a computer that initializes a boot routine in the computer;
- a processing architecture of the computer configured to bootstrap a volume top file located in a first addressable location accessible upon the initializing of the boot routine;
- and
- the volume top file configured to bootstrap a set of firmware modules
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a non-volatile memory in which is stored:
- a volume top file located in a first addressable location of the non-volatile memory accessed by a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer, the volume top file being accessible using a reset vector;
- a data structure associated with the first firmware module;
- and,
- a second firmware module accessible by the volume top file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.