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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Michael Anton Barenys, Austin, TX (US);
Douglas Michael Boecker, Rochester, MN (US);
Brent Ray DenHartog, Rochester, MN (US);
Garth Wade Tschetter, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for performing surveillance prior to boot-up of an operating system is provided. The apparatus and method include an error detector that monitors a boot-up sequence of a support system for the occurrence of an error. If an error is detected, a unit check signal is output by the error detector. The unit check signal is received by either the support system or an error message output device and a corresponding error message is generated and output for use by a user of the computing system.