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Operating system boot from external media

  • US 20060206702A1
  • Filed: 03/09/2005
  • Published: 09/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for booting an computing device with a windowing operating system obtained from an external memory media via an external interface, the system comprising:

  • an initialization module stored in a read-only memory provided in the computing device, the initialization module being executed in a processor disposed in the computing device and establishing a data connection to the external memory media through the external interface; and

    an external device in which the external memory media is disposed, the external memory media storing a windowing operating system at an external location, the external device sending the windowing operating system image from the external memory media to the computing device via the external interface in response to a request from the computing device, the request being based on memory geometry information of the external memory media, wherein the windowing operating system image is received by the computing device, loaded into a runtime memory in the computing device and then executed by the processor in order to boot the windowing operating system in the computing device.

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