Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Boot block
- Patent Title (中): 启动块
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Application No.: US12508742Application Date: 2009-07-24
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Publication No.: US08176306B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Mark Piwonka
- Applicant: Mark Piwonka
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Chun-Liang Kuo
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00

Abstract:
A machine including a processor, a boot block including an immutable segment and a mutable segment, one or more BIOS images stored on the mutable segment of the boot block, and a BIOS manager executed by the processor from the immutable segment of the boot block and configured to determine whether a BIOS of the machine is valid and launch a BIOS replacement process when the BIOS is invalid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110022830A1 Boot Block Public/Granted day:2011-01-27
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