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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Norman P. Brown, Tomball, TX (US);
Ronald T. Truong, Houston, TX (US);
William R. Whipple, Magnolia, TX (US);
Inventors:
Norman P. Brown, Tomball, TX (US);
Ronald T. Truong, Houston, TX (US);
William R. Whipple, Magnolia, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system comprises a first non-volatile storage device that contains an operating system. The system also comprises a second non-volatile storage device that contains basic input/output system (BIOS) code and at least one parameter used by the operating system or by a network interface, and not by the BIOS code.