Title:
METHOD OF SWITCHING BOOT DEVICE OF INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3629517
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of switching a boot device of information processing equipment capable of making maintenance personnel easily switch the boot devices with strictly performing security control for the information processing equipment not equipped with an input device.
SOLUTION: In the information processing equipment not equipped with a man-machine interface for inputting, a step to short-circuit an output port and an input port, a step S12 to output a confirmation signal from the output port when activating power supply to or restarting the information processing equipment, a step S13 to determine whether the signal is input to the input port or not, a step S14 to switch a boot start of OS to a second boot device when the signal is input to the input port, and a step S19 to switch the boot start of OS to a first boot device when the signal is not input in the input port are performed.
Inventors:
Numata prayer history
Kazunobu Umeda
Youichi Miwa
Kazunobu Umeda
Youichi Miwa
Application Number:
JP2001022655A
Publication Date:
March 16, 2005
Filing Date:
January 31, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MASCHINES CORPORATION
International Classes:
G06F3/00; G06F9/445; G06F15/177; (IPC1-7): G06F9/445
Domestic Patent References:
| JP8339295A | ||||
| JP200020285A | ||||
| JP62187936A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Sakaguchi
Yoshihiro City
Yoshihiro City