US 2006/0224880 A1 · Information processing apparatus and boot processing control method for information processing apparatus

Abstract

In a boot processing control method for an information processing apparatus according to this invention, the first boot device in which a medium can be loaded or a boot device different from the first boot device is designated. When a boot process cannot be executed from the first boot device in accordance with designation of the first boot device, a user is prompted to load the medium in the first boot device. After the user is prompted to load the medium in the first boot device, when the boot process of the operating system cannot be executed from the first boot device in which the user loads the medium, the boot process of the operating system is executed from the boot device different from the first boot device.

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Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first boot device configured to receive a medium;
a second boot device configured to be different from the first boot device;
a designation unit configured to designate one of the first boot device and the second boot device;
a prompt unit configured to prompt a user to load the medium in the first boot device when a boot process is configured not to be executed from the first boot device in accordance with designation of the first boot device by the designation unit;
and
a boot execution unit configured to execute the boot process of an operating system from the second boot device when the boot process of the operating system is configured not to be executed from the first boot device in which the user loads the medium, after the prompt unit prompts the user to load the medium in the first boot device.

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A boot processing control method for an information processing apparatus which includes a first boot device configured to receive a medium, and a second boot device configured to be different from the first boot device, comprising:

designating one of the first boot device and the second boot device;
prompting a user to load the medium in the first boot device when a boot process is configured not to be executed from the first boot device in accordance with designation of the first boot device by designating the boot device;
and
executing the boot process of an operating system from the second boot device when the boot process of the operating system is configured not to be executed from the first boot device in which the user loads the medium, after the user is prompted to load the medium in the first boot device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information processing apparatus and boot processing control method for information processing apparatus

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