Patent ID: 6061788
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for intelligent and reliable booting comprising:a system bus;at least three alternative booting devices connected to said system bus, each of said booting devices being configured and connected to receive and store booting files, said alternative booting devices having an initialization hierarchy such that high speed booting devices have a higher priority than low speed booting devices, said high speed booting devices including a hard disk drive and said low speed booting devices including a removable media device;a plurality of monitoring devices connected to said system bus for determining reliability of said booting files stored in each of said booting devices, said reliability determination being based upon detection of specific system operational errors;means, communicatively connected and responsive to said monitoring devices, for preferentially selecting high priority booting devices based at least partially upon said initialization hierarchy and upon said detection of said specific system operation errors; andmeans, responsive to said selecting means, for accessing said booting files in said booting devices.