Patent ID: 7694124
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating a pre-boot environment for an information handling system having an operating system portion and a media portion, the method comprising: providing an operating environment manager stored on a predetermined location of a boot drive of the information handling system; reading a location of the operating environment manager when a media mode of operation is indicated; accessing the location of the operating environment manager when the media mode of operation is indicated, the accessing being via the location read; and, booting to the media portion of the information handling system via the operating environment manager; and wherein the information handling system comprises a basic input output system (BIOS); the BIOS comprises an application program interface (API); accessing the location of the operating environment manager further comprises accessing a Logical Block Address (LBA) sector number via the API when a boot configuration flag is set, and, the LBA sector number stores the operating environment manager which then boots the information handling system to an appropriate partition.