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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1990
Richard Bealkowski, Delray Beach, FL (US);
John W Blackledge, Jr, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Doyle S Cronk, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Richard A Dayan, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Scott G Kinnear, Boca Raton, FL (US);
George D Kovach, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Matthew S Palka, Jr, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Sachsenmaier, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kevin M Zyvoloski, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for loading BIOS from a diskette drive into a personal computer system normally connected to a hardfile, such as a fixed disk. The personal computer system further includes a system processor, a random access main memory, a read only memory and a switching means. The switching means generates a signal to indicate a mode for whether BIOS loads from either diskette or disk. In a priority mode, BIOS loads immediately from diskette. In a recovery mode, BIOS loads from diskette after testing the disk subsystem.