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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Maximino Aguilar, Austin, TX (US);
David Roy Limpert, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark Earl Plunkett, Oronoco, MN (US);
James Michael Stafford, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for booting a user station in a computer network in which a boot sequence is initiated by retrieving boot parameter information from a remote boot server. If the boot server fails to supply information for at least one boot parameter, it is determined whether a default value may be used for the boot parameter. If a default value may be used, a default value is retrieved from local nonvolatile storage. Each entry in the boot parameter table may include a default indicator for determining whether the default value is used if the boot server fails to supply a value for the associated boot parameter. The boot parameter table may include an override indicator to indicate whether a parameter value retrieved from the boot server is overridden.