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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2004
Tsung-yi Tseng, Ping Tung Hsien, TW;
Brandon Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ryan Chen, Chang Hua Hsien, TW;
Integrated Circuit Solution Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of making a computer booting an operation system from a flash card which is plugged in a multi-card reader having the following steps: at first, a bootable card having a master bootable record or reserve sector written a bootable pattern thereon is prepared. Then if the BIOS of the host computer requests a bootable pattern from the USB storage apparatus, the firmware of the multi-card reader is then provided a logic unit number (LUN)=0 to the host computer if there is a bootable flash card seated at a socket. The socket is not need to be the first socket but arbitrary. Thus, the USB card reader will be convenient for any user.