| US 7,590,838 B2 | ||
| Remote boot method and mechanism, and computer-readable storage medium | ||
| Yukio Oguma, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/190,970. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-078011 (JP), filed on Mar. 17, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0212695 A1, Sep. 21, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—2 [713/1; 713/100] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A remote boot method comprising the steps of:
loading an image of an operating system from a first file apparatus that is coupled to a computer system to a main memory
of the computer system and starting the operating system;
remotely specifying an image of a second file apparatus that is coupled to the computer system, as an image of a boot target,
from a system monitoring mechanism of the computer system, instead of specifying the image of the second file apparatus from
a boot firmware; and
including boot information in variables managed by the boot firmware and the system monitoring mechanism, in order to specify
the second file apparatus that is the boot target and is managed by the boot firmware by a remote boot specified from the
system monitoring mechanism,
wherein the boot information includes device path information indicating a location where the second file apparatus is coupled
to the computer system, and information related to a file position and a file name of an operating system loader, and
wherein the boot firmware and the operating system loader are located into the main memory.
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