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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Tam D. Bui, Austin, TX (US);
George John Dawkins, Austin, TX (US);
Van Hoa Lee, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jayeshkumar M. Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Kiet Anh Tran, Cedar Park, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing system and method are disclosed for displaying a graphical depiction of the system configuration of the data processing system. Execution of a boot process of the data processing system is started. Prior to a completion of the boot process, a configuration of the data processing system is determined by the system itself. A graphical depiction of the configuration is then generated. The graphical depiction is then graphically displayed utilizing a display screen which is included in the data processing system. The graphical depiction illustrates each device included in the system as well as how the devices are interconnected. Thereafter, the execution of the boot process is completed. The steps of determining a configuration, generating a graphical depiction, and graphically displaying the graphical depiction are completed prior to completing the booting the data processing system, and thus prior to an operating system being executed by the data processing system.