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Selective loading of client operating system in a computer network

  • US 6,611,915 B1
  • Filed: 05/27/1999
  • Issued: 08/26/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of loading and installing an operating system at a client connected to a network, comprising the steps of:

  • at said server, separating said operating system into parts, including a first main part and at least one other part, and assigning each of parts a different identification;

    at said client, retrieving and installing said first part of said operating system by requesting said first part to be loaded from said server using a generic file system driver via said network using a first identification; and

    at said client, after said first part has been retrieved and installed, then retrieving and installing said at least one other part of said operating system by sending a request to said server via said network using a second identification.

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