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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Robert E. Van Cleve, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Steven R. Dupree, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Curtis R. Jones, Cypress, TX (US);
Darren J. Cepulis, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Robert E. Van Cleve, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Steven R. Dupree, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Curtis R. Jones, Cypress, TX (US);
Darren J. Cepulis, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system and related method for providing operating system drivers during installation of an operating system. In particular, the operating system drivers, that are not available with the operating system itself, are stored in unreserved ROM space. At an appropriate time during installation of the operating system, any needed or necessary drivers are copied from the ROM.