Patent ID: 7174446
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for maintaining a boot sequence in an information handling system, the information handling system including one or more bootable devices and a memory for storing a previous configuration of the one or more bootable devices, the previous configuration including a first list of one or more elements, each element of the previous configuration including a device type and a device discriminator, wherein the device discriminator uniquely identifies the device among devices of the same type, the method comprising: receiving a current configuration for one or more bootable devices in an information handling system, the current configuration including a second list, each element of the second list including a device type and a device discriminator, wherein the device discriminator uniquely identifies the device among devices of the same type; comparing the previous configuration to the current configuration of one or more bootable devices; and updating the previous configuration.