A method, computer, and article of manufacturing for fault tolerant booting
CA 2340342 A1 · Owner: Symantec Corporation · Inventors: Bonamico, John
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A method and article of manufacture, such as a magnetic disk containing computer instructions, for preventing a device driver from disabling an operating system during boot-up is provided. Fault tolerant booting software is provided in a computer having remote control software. The computer is able to provide video information to another remote computer in response to a user's input. The fault tolerant booting software interfaces with the computer's various device drivers, including a video driver, keyboard driver, and a pointing device driver. The fault tolerant booting software attaches to identified device drivers to prevent a faulty driver filter from rendering the operating …
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- Filed August 10, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 10, 2019.
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