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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2001
Applicants:
Christopher Harry Austen, Austin, TX (US);
Van Hoa Lee, Cedar Park, TX (US);
David R. Willoughby, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Harry Austen, Austin, TX (US);
Van Hoa Lee, Cedar Park, TX (US);
David R. Willoughby, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/177 ; G06F009/445 ; G06F012/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, system, and product within a logically partitioned computer system including multiple, different partitions are disclosed for booting a partition using one of multiple, different firmware images. These multiple, different firmware images are stored in the computer system. One of the partitions is rebooted utilizing one of the firmware images without rebooting other ones of the partitions.