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Boot disk management utility

  • US 20060047945A1
  • Filed: 09/09/2004
  • Published: 03/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of reducing downtime of a computer system during system maintenance, said method comprising the following steps:

  • running an operating environment on a primary boot disk while system maintenance is performed on a secondary boot disk, wherein the system maintenance comprises identifying one or more patches to be applied to the system, queuing the patches for application, and applying the patches; and

    rebooting to the secondary boot disk while maintaining the primary boot disk as a back-up boot environment.

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