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US 2008/0301424 A1Published application
Intelligent Boot Services
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsGaston M. Barajas, Shree A. Dandekar, Bogdan Odulinski
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Abstract
An information handling system is provided with an intelligent boot service which addresses and resolves unbootable system scenarios. The intelligent boot service detects and corrects adverse events before booting into the operating system. The intelligent boot service architecture is extensible to add newer events and is extensible to include extensible firmware interface (EFI) technology.
Claims21
A method for booting an information handling system, the method comprising:
- determining whether a boot failure has occurred during a boot process before booting into an operating system;
- identifying previous known good boot configuration information;
- booting the information handling system using the previous known good boot configuration information when a boot failure occurs.
An apparatus for booting an information handling system, the method comprising:
- means for determining whether a boot failure has occurred during a boot process before booting into an operating system;
- means for identifying previous known good boot configuration information;
- means for booting the information handling system using the previous known good boot configuration information when a boot failure occurs.
An information handling system comprising:
- a processor;
- memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions for:
- determining whether a boot failure has occurred during a boot process before booting into an operating system;
- identifying previous known good boot configuration information;
- booting the information handling system using the previous known good boot configuration information when a boot failure occurs.
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