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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2005
Michael K. Padilla, Round Rock, TX (US);
Walter Kemp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Michael K. Padilla, Round Rock, TX (US);
Walter Kemp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Information handling system boot with an operating system initiated by a BIOS maintains consistency of storage device numbering order between the BIOS and the operating system by branding BIOS storage device configuration information on the storage devices for subsequent use by the operating system. A branding module in a Linux operating system retrieves BIOS hard disc drive configuration information from the BIOS during real mode of the boot which allows operating system access to the BIOS, and stores the hard disc drive information on its associated hard disc drive. A branding retrieval module in the Linux operating system retrieves the configuration information from each respective hard disc drive during a protected mode of the boot which does not allow operating system access to the BIOS, and applies the configuration information to the operating system for consistency with the BIOS.