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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Joaquin Picon, St. Laurent du Var, FR;
Vincent Tassy, La Gaude, FR;
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Joaquin Picon, St. Laurent du Var, FR;
Vincent Tassy, La Gaude, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a system for retrieving at boot time user data stored on a computer. The computer comprises a processor coupled through a system bus to I/O devices and to a system memory, the computer further having a basic input output system (BIOS) unit operatively coupled to the system bus for loading a computer operating system during a computer boot procedure, wherein the system memory being accessible to the computer operating system via the system bus. The system comprises a boot adapter for connecting the system bus to a boot bus, a boot memory coupled to the boot bus wherein the boot memory comprises storage locations for storing the predefined user data, and program code means coupled to the BIOS unit. The program code means are operative for loading a boot operating system during the computer boot procedure, the boot operating system having instructions for accessing the boot memory during the computer boot procedure.