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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Mark A. Brooks, Gaylordsville, CT (US);
Walter W. Otto, Clinton Corners, NY (US);
Neil Shah, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Stephen C. Warren, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer system includes a memory, the memory comprising a hardware boot parameter storage area; an operating system running on the computer system; and reboot logic configured to: store updated boot parameters for the operating system in the hardware boot parameter storage area in the memory; perform a reboot of the operating system with the updated boot parameters; determine whether the reboot of the operating system is successful, and, in the event the reboot of the operating system is successful, automatically propagate the updated boot parameters to a persistent boot parameter storage area.