Patent ID: 8095783

Claim:
A boot media loader method, said method comprising: causing at least one processor to determine if a fast-boot mode has been activated based on data stored in at least one memory device separate from an external bootable media, said fast-boot mode resulting in booting from said external bootable media instead of booting according to a standard boot procedure; upon said at least one processor determining that the fast-boot mode has been activated: (a) causing the at least one processor to detect bootable media independent of partitioning or type of media; (b) when bootable media is detected, causing the at least one processor to read data from a predetermined location of the bootable media; (c) causing the at least one processor to determine a file system type of a file system of the detected bootable media from the read data; (d) causing the at least one processor to load designated boot loader code associated with the corresponding file system type from basic input and output system code; and (e) causing the at least one processor to transfer execution control to the loaded boot loader code; and upon said at least one processor determining that the fast-boot mode has not been activated, causing the at least one processor to load default boot loader code to perform the standard boot procedure.