Method and system for automatic generation of operating system boot images

A method, system and computer program product for automatically generating an operating system boot image for remotely booting a target machine is provided. The operating system boot image is installed on a first machine. The first machine and the target machine are connected with each other. Furthe...

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Main Authors EMHOFF, PAUL ALLEN, JIN, YE, OBERHAUS, JARED MARTIN, NEW, JOSHUA ALAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 09.11.2011
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method, system and computer program product for automatically generating an operating system boot image for remotely booting a target machine is provided. The operating system boot image is installed on a first machine. The first machine and the target machine are connected with each other. Further, the hardware information of the target machine is extracted. An example of the hardware information includes Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) devices present on the target machine. The operating system boot image is configured, based on the hardware information.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20110173024