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Booting to a recovery/maintenance environment

  • US 7,840,796 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2008
  • Issued: 11/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for booting to a partition without a local operator comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a packet from a network, wherein said packet comprises a repeatable destination address, wherein said packet further comprises directive information for determining if a BIOS boots to said partition;

    inserting said directive information in a register;

    reading said register by said BIOS; and

    booting to said partition by said BIOS if said directive information indicates that said BIOS boots to said partition.

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