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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Michael Root, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Root, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Operating Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving the boot sequence of a computer clone. The kernel within an operating system is designed to always access special devices within the computer's memory using a mount path that is hard coded into the kernel for each of the special devices. When the computer is cloned, the special devices are copied to a second computer without the need for subsequent alteration of the filesystem.