FILE MANIPULATION DURING EARLY BOOT TIME
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1. A method, comprising:
- accessing a user-level portable executable (PE) file; and
modifying a boot loader registry of a computer during an installation period to include a reference to the user-level PE file, the reference is used by an operating system (OS) during an early boot-time to image the PE file into a memory as a boot-file.
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling access to user-level data is described. One embodiment includes accessing user-level data associated with a kernel-level function using a portable executable (PE) file. The user-level data is accessed during a boot-time of a computer. In this embodiment, the PE file is also accessed using the computer.
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28 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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accessing a user-level portable executable (PE) file; and modifying a boot loader registry of a computer during an installation period to include a reference to the user-level PE file, the reference is used by an operating system (OS) during an early boot-time to image the PE file into a memory as a boot-file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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accessing, during a boot-time of a computer, a user-level data associated with a kernel-level function using a portable executable (PE) file; and accessing the PE file using the computer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method, comprising:
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accessing at least a portion of a user-level index associated with a kernel-level function during an early boot-time of a computer; and processing the portion of the index using the computer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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