Patent ID: 7822964
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A booting apparatus for booting a computer, which is equipped with a first OS and a second OS, wherein the first OS and the second OS are loaded by a first firmware and a second firmware respectively, the computer comprises a CPU, chipsets, and a system bus, the apparatus comprising: a bus interface for connecting to the system bus of the computer; a power management unit for powering on the booting apparatus; an input unit for receiving operational inputs; and a micro control unit (MCU), comprising: a firmware selection module for generating a selection signal that indicates whether the first firmware or the second firmware is to be read, according to the operational inputs through the input unit; a firmware acquiring module for acquiring the selected firmware according to the selection signal; and a logic control module for running the acquired firmware to power on and initialize the CPU and the chipsets of the computer, indicating the CPU a data path of a corresponding OS according to the acquired firmware, receiving commands sent by the loaded OS, and indicating the CPU to execute the received commands according to the acquired firmware.