Methods for booting an operating system using non-volatile memory
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung-Jin PARK, Sang Hoon Song
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Abstract
A method of booting an operating system can be provided by determining file information that is associated with files accessed during booting of an operating system by a processor. Files associated with the file information can be written into a non-volatile memory. The files can be transferred from the non-volatile memory to a volatile memory during a power on self-test of the processor.
Claims22
A method of booting an operating system comprising:
- determining file information associated with files accessed during booting of an operating system by a processor;
- writing files associated with the file information into a non-volatile memory;
- and
- transferring the files from the non-volatile memory to a volatile memory during a power on self-test of the processor.
The method according to 6 wherein writing the files to the capture partition comprises writing the files to the capture partition in an order in which the files are accessed during booting of the operating system after completion of the power on self test.
A method of booting comprising:
- copying files previously fetched from a non-volatile memory during a power-on boot sequence of an operating system, to a volatile memory during a subsequent power on self test of a processor used to boot the operating system;
- and
- booting the operating system using the previously fetched files in the volatile memory.
20-23. (canceled)
A method of booting an operating system comprising:
- booting an operating system after a first power-on self test of a processor;
- determining file information during a specified interval of the booting indicating which files are copied from a non-volatile memory to a local volatile memory used by the processor to boot the operating system;
- copying files associated with the file information into a capture partition in the non-volatile memory in an order in which the files were accessed during booting of the operating system;
- and then
- detecting a start of a second power-on self test of the processor;
- and
- starting transferring the files from the capture partition of the non-volatile memory to a volatile memory during the second power-on self test of the processor.
25-37. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.