Patents Examined by M H Pollack
  • Patent number: 6751658
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for supplying a reliable and maintainable operating system in a net-booted environment. According to one embodiment, a network computer (NC) client boots from a boot image provided by an NC server. The boot image includes information identifying the location of one or more system volumes on the NC server that contain operating system software. In response to an attempt to modify the contents of the one or more system volumes, the NC client causes information identifying the modification to be recorded on the NC server separate from the one or more system volumes in a storage area associated with the NC client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher K. Haun, Craig Harvey Prouse, Joseph Sokol, Jr., Paul M. Resch