System includes a selection manager for remotely managing the selection of an operating system for a target computer
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSteven M. French, Lorin E. Ullmann
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Abstract
A method of controlling the selection of operating systems at a first instance of user logon on a target device is provided. A network bootstrap program is initiated at the target device and configuration data of the target device is determined. A selection manager is designated based on the configuration data and the selection of a target operating system is controlled with the selection manager prior to executing an operating system at the target device.
Claims23
A method of controlling the selection of operating systems at a first instance of user logon on a target device, comprising the steps of:
- initiating a network bootstrap program at the target device;
- determining configuration data of the target device;
- designating a selection manager based on the configuration data;
- and
- controlling the selection of a target operating system with the selection manager prior to executing an operating system at the target device.
Computer program product in a computer usable medium for controlling the selection of operating systems at a first instance of user logon on a target device, comprising:
- means for executing network bootstrap program code at the target device;
- means for determining configuration data of the target device;
- means for designating a selection manager based on the configuration data;
- and
- means for controlling the selection of a target operating system with the selection manager prior to executing an operating system at the target device.
A data processing system comprising:
- means for initiating a network bootstrap program at a target device;
- means for determining configuration data of the target device;
- means for designating a selection manager based on the configuration data;
- and
- means for controlling the selection of a target operating system at a first instance of user logon on the target device before an operating system is executed at the target device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.