Method/apparatus having an alternate means of initializing an information processing system

• US 5,758,055 A
• Filed: 11/27/1992
• Issued: 05/26/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ono, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wright, Norman M.
• Application Number:
  US07/982,438
• Time in Patent Office: 2,006 Days
• Field of Search: 395/575, 395/700, 395/182.01, 395/182.21, 395/182.05, 395/183.01
• US Class Current: 714/6.32
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2289 by configuration test
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers

Abstract

An information processing apparatus including a reader for reading out first initializing information which initializes the information processing apparatus from first storage means, and an analyzer for analyzing the first initializing information read out by the reader. When the analyzer detects an error a determination is made as to whether or not a command to avoid an error is input. A controller, when it is determined that the command is input, reads out second initializing information different from the first initializing information from second storage means and initializes the information processing apparatus based on the second initializing information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

reading means for reading out first initializing information which sets initial values in said information processing apparatus from first storage means;

analyzing means for analyzing the first initializing information read out by said reading means and for detecting an error;

determination means for, when said analyzing means has detected an error, waiting for an input of a command and for determining whether or not the command is a command to avoid the error; and

control means for, when said determination means determines that the command to avoid the error is input, reading out second initializing information different from the first initializing information from second storage means, and for setting the second initializing information in said information processing apparatus as the initial values of the apparatus,

wherein the first or the second initializing information includes data concerning the type of a memory and the capacity of that memory.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first storage means is a detachable external memory device to said information processing apparatus.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the command is input into said information processing apparatus by using a keyboard.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second storage means is an internal memory of said information processing apparatus.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the memory is an external memory, and the first or second information includes data concerning the type of the external memory and the capacity of the external memory.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning the type of a host computer connected to said apparatus.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning the capacity of an input/output buffer or a page buffer.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a storage area of a character set.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes control information for an input medium that inputs print data.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a registered character set.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a method for processing when an undefined code set is input.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a printing format of printing data.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a selection of functional codes.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning setting of a default character set.

15. An information processing method executed in an information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

reading out first initializing information which sets initial values in the information processing apparatus from first storage means;

analyzing the first initializing information and detecting an error;

determining whether or not a command to avoid the error is input, when an error has been detected in said analyzing step;

reading out second initializing information different from the first initializing information from a second storage means, when said determining step determines that the command to avoid the error is input; and

setting the second initializing information in the information processing apparatus as the initial values of the apparatus,

wherein the first or the second initializing information includes data concerning the type of a memory and the capacity of that memory.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first storage means is a detachable external memory device to said information processing apparatus.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the command is input into said information processing apparatus by using a keyboard.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the second storage means is an internal memory of the information processing apparatus.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein the memory is an external memory, and the first or second information includes data concerning the type of the external memory and the capacity of the external memory.

20. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning the type of a host computer connected to the apparatus.

21. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning the capacity of an input/output buffer or a page buffer.

22. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a storage area of a character set.

23. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes control information for an input medium that inputs print data.

24. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a registered character set.

25. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a method for processing when an undefined code set is input.

26. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a printing format of printing data.

27. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning a selection of functional codes.

28. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first or second information includes data concerning setting of a default character set.

29. A memory medium storing a control program implemented by an information processing apparatus, the medium comprising:

a program module for reading out first initializing information which sets initial values in the information processing apparatus from a first storage means;

a program module for analyzing the first initializing information and detecting an error;

a program module for determining whether or not a command to avoid the error is input, when the error is detected;

a program module for reading out second initializing information different from the first initializing information from a second storage means, when the command is input; and

a program module for setting the second initializing information in the information processing apparatus as the initial values of the apparatus,

wherein the first or the second initializing information includes data concerning the type of a memory and the capacity of that memory.

30. The medium according to claim 29, wherein the program module for determining is constructed to determine, as the command to avoid the error, a command input into the information processing apparatus by using a keyboard.

31. A computer program product located on a computer readable medium, for controlling an information processing apparatus, the program product comprising:

a program module for reading out first initializing information which sets initial values in the information processing apparatus from a first storage means;

a program module for analyzing the first initializing information and detecting an error;

a program module for determining whether or not a command to avoid the error is input, when the error is detected by said analyzing module;

a program module for reading out second initializing information different from the first initializing information from a second storage means, when input of the command is determined by said determining module; and

a program module for setting the second initializing information in the information processing apparatus as the initial values of the apparatus,

wherein the first or the second initializing information includes data concerning the type of a memory and the capacity of that memory.

32. The program product according to claim 31, wherein the program module for determining is constructed to determine, as the command to avoid the error, a command input into the information processing apparatus by means of a keyboard.