Patent ID: 7281127

Claim:
A method for executing a boot sequence in a computer, wherein there are a plurality of storage devices to initialize to an operable state during the boot sequence, comprising: signaling, by a first processor, a second processor to begin initialization; initializing, by the first processor, computer resources; passing, by the first processor, information indicating one of the storage devices including an operating system loader; issuing commands, by the second processor, to initialize the indicated storage device to place the indicated storage device in the operable state in response to the signaling by the first processor, wherein the commands issued by the second processor causes the initialization of the indicated storage device before other storage devices; determining, by the first processor, that the storage device including the operating system loader is operable; and loading, by the first processor, the operating system from the storage device including the operating system loader in response to determining that the storage device including the operating system loader is operable.