Patent ID: 6282641
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for reconfiguring a boot device from a plurality of boot devices, based on user input, during power on self test in a processor-based system, comprising:a memory for storing instruction sequences by which the processor-based system is processed; anda processor for executing the stored instruction sequences; andwherein the stored instruction sequences cause the processor to:(a) determine if a boot process should proceed from a currently configured device, said currently configured device being assigned a first logical device number;(b) if not,(b.1) prompt a user to specify a device from which the boot process will proceed,(b.2) save a logical device number assigned to the device as a second logical device number,(b.3) change the logical device number assigned to the device to the first logical device number to indicate that the device is the boot device, and(b.4) change the logical device number assigned to the currently configured device to the second logical device number saved in (b.2) to indicate that the currently configured device is no longer the boot device; and(c) initiate the boot process.