Information device, storage medium, and system activation method
First Claim
1. A storage medium which stores information, the information comprising:
- a plurality of systems arranged in a plurality of partitions;
a boot block which activates a system from one of the partitions; and
an activation partition switching program which indicates, to the boot block, one of the partitions, from which the system is to be activated.
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Abstract
A desired one of a plurality of systems is easily activated. When a user powers on an information device main body while pressing, e.g., the “4” key on a keyboard, an activated BIOS detects both that the device is powered on and that the “4” key is pressed and activates a switching program. The activated switching program stores setting contents for activating the system from the fourth partition (changing the fourth partition to the active partition) in the partition table of a boot block and then activates the boot block. Since the partition table indicates that the system is to be activated from the fourth partition, the activated boot block activates the system from the fourth partition.
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13 Claims
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1. A storage medium which stores information, the information comprising:
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a plurality of systems arranged in a plurality of partitions;
a boot block which activates a system from one of the partitions; and
an activation partition switching program which indicates, to the boot block, one of the partitions, from which the system is to be activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An information device comprising:
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a storage medium which stores a plurality of systems arranged in a plurality of partitions, a boot block which activates a system from one of the partitions, and an activation partition switching program which indicates, to the boot block, one of the partitions, from which the system is to be activated; and
a basic input/output system capable of, upon detecting a predetermined operation, activating the activation partition switching program and notifying the activation partition switching program of information representing that the system is to be activated from a partition corresponding to the predetermined operation, wherein when activated by the basic input/output system, the activation partition switching program indicates, to the boot block, that the system is to be activated from the partition represented by the information sent from the basic input/output system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A system activation method of selectively activating a plurality of systems stored in a storage medium of an information device, comprising:
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arranging the systems in a plurality of partitions on the storage medium;
arranging, in a predetermined area on the storage medium, a boot block which activates a system from one of the partitions;
arranging, in a predetermined area on the storage medium, an activation partition switching program which indicates, to the boot block, one of the partitions, from which the system is to be activated;
upon detecting a predetermined operation, causing a basic input/output system to activate the activation partition switching program and notify the activation partition switching program of information representing that the system is to be activated from a partition corresponding to the predetermined operation; and
causing the activation partition switching program activated by the basic input/output system to indicate, to the boot block, that the system is to be activated from the partition represented by the information sent from the basic input/output system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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