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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Fletcher Livarance, Kent, OH (US);
Timothy J Freese, Niwot, CO (US);
William C Bredbenner, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Fletcher Livarance, Kent, OH (US);
Timothy J Freese, Niwot, CO (US);
William C Bredbenner, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In a method for booting a computing device to have a predefined functionality, in which the computing device has stored thereon a limited functionality operating system (OS) having an operating file system, the limited functionality OS is booted and a characteristic file system with a predefined functionality is located. In addition, the characteristic file system is merged into the operating file system and the limited functionality OS is implemented with the merged file system to cause the computing device to have the predefined functionality.