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US 7,117,302 B2Granted
Boot techniques involving tape media
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBruce A. Lundeby, Lin Zhang, Raymond Henry
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Abstract
In at least some embodiments, a system comprises a computer configured to boot using at least one of a plurality of boot techniques involving tape media. The system further comprises a tape drive coupled to the computer and a tape that is readable by the tape drive, wherein the tape is formatted to support a plurality of different boot techniques and wherein at least one of the supported boot techniques is compatible with the computer.
Claims11
A tape device, comprising:
- tape memory, wherein the tape memory is formatted to support a plurality of different boot techniques;
- wherein the tape memory comprises a header that identifies different boot techniques that are supported by the tape device and locations of files associated with each of the different boot techniques;
- wherein the header comprises,
- a first information frame that identifies the tape device as a boot tape;
- a second information frame that identifies the plurality of different boot techniques supported by the tape device;
- a third information frame that identifies a location of a bootloader compatible with each of the plurality of different boot techniques, the bootloader being located on the tape device;
- and
- a fourth information fine that is extendable to support additional boot techniques.
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