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US 2008/0301428 A1Published application
Information processing apparatus and start-up control method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorKen Hatano
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, if start-up of an application is abnormal after starting up the application, the information processing apparatus reports the fact to the basic input/output system (BIOS), and the BIOS locks a system.
Claims12
An information processing apparatus equipped with a basic program and a boot medium, comprising
- a start-up unit:
- wherein, when the basic program is started, control is shifted from the basic program to the boot medium,
- the start-up unit being configured to start up a module stored in the boot medium;
- a transmission unit configured to transmit a start-up completion signal to the basic program from the module which has been started up by the start-up unit;
- and
- a reception unit configured to receive the start-up completion signal which has been transmitted from the transmission unit by the basic program, and
- if the start-up completion signal which has been received by the reception unit is abnormal, a system of the information processing apparatus is locked.
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A start-up control method which controls an information processing apparatus equipped with a basic program and a boot medium, comprising:
- shifting control to the boot medium to start up a module on the boot medium when the basic program has started up;
- transmitting a start-up completion signal to the basic program by the module which has been started up;
- receiving the start-up completion signal transmitted through the transmission by the basic program, and
- if the start-up completion signal which has been received through the reception is abnormal, a system of the information processing apparatus is locked.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.