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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Maximino Aquilar, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Earl Plunkett, Oronoco, MN (US);
James Michael Stafford, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A combination editable and fixed entry input menu field may be used to set up options and preferences for a computer system, such as in a menu for booting the computer system. The menu field provides flexibility in switching and/or selecting between various selections such as operating system(s). The menu field uses less non-volatile memory for storing strings that specify the boot path and filenames and also uses less space on the menu for displaying the strings that specify the boot path and filenames. Entry fields comprise various selections such as at least one editable selectable field and at least one fixed selectable field. The user is able to choose within the selected selectable field between various selections such as between an editable field with editable entries and a fixed field with fixed entries as being the selected entry field.