Computer system manager
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a stand alone or a networked computer to run two or more copies of an operating system sequentially, and to swap between running of one of said operating system copies to another copy, the method steps comprising:
- [1] creating an operating system copy at a first address, configured to run from a second address;
[2] copying the operating system to a third address; and
[3] providing means for a user to inform the computer that one of said addresses is another of said addresses or is to be treated as another of said addresses, in order that a user-selected one of said operating system copies can be run.
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Abstract
A method of configuring a stand alone or a networked computer allows running two or more copies of an operating system sequentially, and swapping between running of one of the operating system copies to another copy. The method steps comprise: creating an operating system copy at a first address, configured to run from a second address; copying the operating system to a third address; and providing means for a user to inform the computer that one of the addresses is another of the addresses or is to be treated as another of said addresses, in order that a user-selected one of the operating system copies can be run.
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1. A method of configuring a stand alone or a networked computer to run two or more copies of an operating system sequentially, and to swap between running of one of said operating system copies to another copy, the method steps comprising:
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[1] creating an operating system copy at a first address, configured to run from a second address;
[2] copying the operating system to a third address; and
[3] providing means for a user to inform the computer that one of said addresses is another of said addresses or is to be treated as another of said addresses, in order that a user-selected one of said operating system copies can be run. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20)
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- 13. A method of configuring a stand alone or a networked computer to run two or more copies of an operating system sequentially, to swap between running these operating system copies from one copy to another copy, and to swap between running an operating system copy on a hard disk and running an operating system copy on a RAMdisk, said RAMdisk being a portion of the computer'"'"'s RAM configured as a disk.
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