Method of and system for using device drivers to couple the communication and data storage of remote computer systems
First Claim
1. A method of interlocking first and second computer systems coupled by a communication link, said first and said second computer systems each configured with at least one disk drive associated therewith, said method comprises the steps of:
- activating an initialization of a first computer system;
transmitting disk drive information by a second computer system to said first computer system;
assigning logical drive assignments to disk drives of said first and second computer systems; and
interlocking said first and second computer systems such that said at least one disk drive of said second computer system performs as if said at least one disk drive is directly attached to said first computer system.
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Abstract
This invention relates to assigning disk drives associated with both a host computer and a remote computer coupled together by a communication link using normal DOS driver letters. DOS initialization of the host computer is postponed until a remote session is established with the remote computer and the remote computer provides information regarding the disk drives associated therewith. Upon receiving the disk drive information from the remote computer, the host completes its initialization and assigns drive letters associated with diskette drives associated with the host computer to diskette drives associated with the remote computer. Thus, host diskette drives are logically replaced by remote diskette drives. Any hard disk drives associated with the remote computer are assigned the next available drive letter on the host computer. Thus, the host computer and the remote computers become tightly coupled in that a user of the remote system has access to the diskette drives and any hard disk drives on the remote computer and any hard disk drives on the host computer.
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1. A method of interlocking first and second computer systems coupled by a communication link, said first and said second computer systems each configured with at least one disk drive associated therewith, said method comprises the steps of:
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activating an initialization of a first computer system; transmitting disk drive information by a second computer system to said first computer system; assigning logical drive assignments to disk drives of said first and second computer systems; and interlocking said first and second computer systems such that said at least one disk drive of said second computer system performs as if said at least one disk drive is directly attached to said first computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for interlocking first and second computer systems coupled by a communication link, said first and said second computer systems each configured with at least one disk drive, said system comprises:
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means for activating an initialization of a first computer system; means for transmitting disk drive information by a second computer system to said first computer system; means for assigning responsive to said transmitted disk drive information logical drive assignments to disk drives of said first and second computer systems; and means for interlocking said first and second computer systems responsive to said logical drive assignments such that said at least one disk drive of said second computer system performs as if said at least one disk drive is directly attached to said first computer system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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