CA2010965A1 - Method for loading an operating system through a network - Google Patents

Method for loading an operating system through a network

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CA2010965A1
CA2010965A1 CA2010965A CA2010965A CA2010965A1 CA 2010965 A1 CA2010965 A1 CA 2010965A1 CA 2010965 A CA2010965 A CA 2010965A CA 2010965 A CA2010965 A CA 2010965A CA 2010965 A1 CA2010965 A1 CA 2010965A1
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Tadd Vaughn Ottman
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/44—Arrangements for executing specific programs
    • G06F9/4401—Bootstrapping
    • G06F9/4416—Network booting; Remote initial program loading [RIPL]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L9/00—Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols
    • H04L9/40—Network security protocols

Abstract

The method of the present invention allows for the loading of operating systems between computers over a network, thereby drastically decreasing the amount of time required to download an operating system or update an operating system. A root directory is created and a subset of the operating system is loaded into the memory of the computer which is to receive the operating system, thereby eliminating the need to access or use the disk during the operating system download process. The subset of the operating system contains the basic commands for fife creation and manipulation, directory creation and network communication. The computer system is then started using the subset of the operating system located in memory and connected to the network. Once the computer is connected to the network, the files comprising the operating system to be downloaded are copied and transferred from a remote computer over the network and stored on the disk drive of the receiving computer.
CA002010965A 1989-04-26 1990-02-27 Method for loading an operating system through a network Expired - Fee Related CA2010965C (en)

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