Patent ID: 8452952
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a first processing system to perform a method for facilitating split booting, the instructions comprising code for: facilitating executing, from a memory of a first computing device, a base system image file of a system, wherein the base system image file and an extended system image file of the system are built from a single executable system image file of the system, wherein the base system image file comprises a first set of functions of an operating system, wherein the extended system image file comprises a second set of functions of the operating system, wherein the base system image file is to reside in the first computing device during the step of facilitating executing the base system image file; facilitating initializing components of the first computing device; loading the extended system image file; and facilitating executing the extended system image file from the first computing device without booting the first computing device between the step of loading the extended system image file and the step of facilitating executing the extended system image file, wherein the step of facilitating executing the extended system image file occurs after the step of loading.