AU2021104785A4 - Dynamic boot loader in usb drive with enhanced user experience - Google Patents
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Abstract
DYNAMIC BOOT LOADER IN USB DRIVE WITH ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE
ABSTRACT:
Users are usually always the go in contemporary world, thus compact solutions are in high request.
People are utilizing several sorts of memory devices for a handheld solution as technological
advances. The BIOS boot sequence configuration must be changed for any additional boot media.
The dynamic boot loader effectively removed this reliance, allowing the operator to boot straight
from any accessible USB device. In latest years, the use of USB has increased dramatically, and
its security has constituted a serious problem. People began to utilize secondary USB hard discs to
preserve, transmit, and restore data, entertainment, and applications as the technology evolved.
Aside from these well-known features, many others have been kept secret from enterprise
customers. Its features and contributions are extremely beneficial to IT workers. It's one of the
greatest alternatives to the CD/DVD media installing format for operating systems and other
firmware updates. It may also be deployed as a transportable operating system. The goal of this
innovation is to provide a dynamic boot loader that eliminates the need for a BIOS and allows
users to launch from USB while having to change their CMOS configurations. With puppy Linux
and a recently founded dynamic boot loader, the USB is designed as a compatible handheld
console. The equipment was tested on a computer with 8 GB RAM, an i5 CPU, a 64-bit operating
system, and Windows 7, and it showed a roughly 50% decrease in mounting time, when relative
to a fixed boot loader. Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drives are extensively used by today's
technical world due to their compact size and strong capabilities. USB peripherals are computer
storage systems that can be inserted in and out as needed. The compactness, mobility, and
durability of USB flash devices are all important benefits. The amount of time consumed in the
BIOS is determined by the person's ability to change the activation precedence. With a minimal
need of Windows XP and a USB 2.0 compliant device, the handheld system enables the client to
operate in any situation with efficiency.
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Figure 2: External Structure of Dynamic Boot Loader
Description
Field of the Invention:
People began to utilize secondary USB hard discs to preserve, transmit, and restore data, entertainment, and applications as the technology evolved. Aside from these well-known features, many others have been kept secret from enterprise customers. Its features and contributions are extremely beneficial to IT workers. It's one of the greatest alternatives to the CD/DVD media installing format for operating systems and other firmware updates. Because all writing is performed in RAM and stored just immediately in the USB on termination, the Live USB extends the endurance of the USB significantly. The client may take the compact USB with them wherever they go, connect it in, and begin performing the personalized program in much less duration. The dynamic boot loader (DBL) approach empowers even the most inexperienced user to utilize the compact USB device to operate seamlessly on any computer without worrying about BIOS configurations. Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drives are extensively used by today's technical world due to their compact size and strong capabilities. USB peripherals are computer storage systems that can be inserted in and out as needed. The compactness, mobility, and durability of USB flash devices are all important benefits. This innovative concept explains how to deploy a single portable USB hard disc by eliminating BIOS dependency, as well as to exploit it as a transportable operating system with many other private information.
Background of the Invention:
The core CPU of a computer can only implement source code stored in Read-Only Memory (ROM) and Random-Access Memory. Non-volatile information processing technologies, including CD, hard disc drives, USB flash drive, DVD, and floppy disc, are used to preserve sophisticated operating systems and software programme instructions and information. When a computer is turned on for the initial time and does not have an operating system installed in ROM or RAM. To obtain the non - volatile components from which the operating system programmes and information are imported into RAM, the computer must first activate a tiny programme loaded in ROM along with the basic minimal level of information.
A bootstrap loader, bootstrap, or boot loader is a tiny software that initiates this procedure of importing into RAM. The entire objective of this tiny boot loader software is to import additional information and programmes into RAM, which are subsequently run. Multiple-stage boot loaders are frequently employed, wherein numerous programmes of rising intricacy launch one behind the other in a sequence assembly operation. To guarantee that perhaps the computer begins fast and with a predefined software installation, tiny systems generally utilise less configurable yet highly automated boot load methods.
The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) runs from non-volatile memory like flash memory, PROM, EEPROM, or the like after the computer is switched on. A wide range of non-restrictive firmware modules are initialised by the BIOS, which may include storage devices, video components, peripheral devices, system memory, CPUs, caches, and other I/O controllers. Eventually, after all of the modules have been initialised, the BIOS sends commands to the operating system's boot loader located in the boot area. That USB becoming more widespread as a substitute for CD/DVD discs as an installer mechanism for multi-booting multiple ISO pictures, a research analysis was conducted utilizing two boot loaders, SYSLINUX and GRUB2, for distinct Linux-based operating systems. The outcomes including both boot loaders in booting various operating systems have been aggregated, and it was discovered that SYSLINUX has a greater performance than GRUB2. It is essential to alter the boot sequence in the BIOS to USB for each activation of ISO pictures from USB. The boot drivers are fixed and rely on the BIOS. T he performance of LBP and LDP in image retrieval and finds that LBP outperforms LDP although has more parameters. The use of USB is quickly expanding due to its large data storage, minimal rates, minimal power utilization, and mobility. USB has been highlighted by several researchers as a superior handheld device.
The USB may be exploited as an installing vehicle as well as a handheld device. The outcomes of several tests with Windows OS, Linux distributions, Opensolaris, and Fedora are summarized. Windows OS has limitations when it comes to installation to a USB device. To launch from USB, the client must alter the boot sequence and prefer the USB to begin the booting procedure. The configurable boot procedure is static and is reliant on the BIOS parameters being changed by the operator.
The developers of effectively evaded fingerprint recognition by modifying the executable instructions in the.dll module. A software is created to obtain thefingerprint pattern samples from the storage, posing a severe vulnerability to client information stored on the USB. The privacy assessment is focused on a device that enrols and verifiesfingerprints using the host machine.
One of the issues with conventional approaches is that the deployment environment spanning various items is frequently inconsistent for the client, which is significantly compounded whenever numerous licencing agreements are involved and seen. Various user interfaces lead to various customer observation as well as a difficult configure procedure.
This novel technique attempts to give more valuable data on how a single USB-HD may be loaded as a deployment medium for operating systems like different variations of GNULinux distribution, Windows Vista, and Opensolaris, as well as how the particular USB-HD can launch these OSs actually preinstalled within. In summary, it covers how to install different OSs from and to a common portable USB hard drive.
Objective of the Invention:
• The main objective is to develop the DBL in USB drive with enhanced user experience that disregards the BIOS priority and considers on its own to be the topmost priority. It is intended to use a little amount of main memory and a small amount of CPU power. • Another objective is to meet the simplest and fundamental needs of a typical computer operator. It also incorporates the creation of an open source, Linux-based tiny operating system. The operating system includes a streamlined core that uses less storage and consumes little resources.
Summary of the Invention:
The dynamic boot loader comprises of stage l, DBL code and stage2 and runs as of USB on reboot. The DBL code is the intermediate between stage 1 and stage 2 of USB boot loader. Master Boot Record initial boot loader is a 512-byte image which contains both software instructions and a tiny partitioning structure. The first 446 bytes include the main boot loader, that includes source codes as well as failure indication information. The partitioning table is the following sixty-four bytes, and it comprises a data for each of the four segments. The MBR concludes with two bytes which specify the magic number. The magic number is used to validate the MBR. The above hexdump displays stage 1 with relocatable addressing instructions, that is fetched at address 0x7C00 after the initial configuration. The stage 2 is stored in memory at address 0x8000 when the boot loader is selected.
Stage 2 begins the grub shell and imports the menu.lst config file from the boot/grub directory. The directory path and description of the operative sector in which the core is kept, as well as the sector holding intird, must be included in the configuration file. The configuration files for grub and grub2 for launching from USB are included underneath, with menu.lst for grub and grub.cfg for grub2.
When you choose to boot from USB, the DBL code computes the sector address of USB stage 2 and saves the sector address at 0044-0047 in stage 1. This sector code is used by stage 1 to load stage 2 at address 0x8000. The DBL reads the MBR of USB and store it as bin file and then edits the BCD to add the newly found USB OS with its path as the stored location of binfile.
Unreservedly limiting hardware resources linked with all endpoints in the set of portable equipment may be part of blocking the resources of boot disk systems with resources disputes. A boot loader or a hypervisor may influence the sequence in which a bootable disk is selected from across the bootable drivers. While launching the OS with needed allotted resources, resources that are not sufficient for bootstrapping may be authorized. Non-booting resources may involve developer resources, resources that are not enabled by software, or perhaps both.
Detailed Description of the Invention:
Figure 1: Logical Structure of USB Drive
Figure 2: External Structure of Dynamic Boot Loader
Detailed Description of the Invention:
Figure 1 explains the disc layout which is divided into four conceptual sections: Boot Sector, FAT, Directory, and Data Space. The Boot Sector is the only one that includes data about how the disc is structured. The Data Space is where the documents and folders are kept. The Archive includes data about the folders such as their characteristics, name, size, and so on. The FAT includes details on the location of filesystem in the data space. The following crucial file system operations should be enabled by the operating system: Display File system, Make Directories, Modify Archive, Make File, Displaying File Details, Copy File, Renaming Folder, Remove Archive, and Update Archive. It also seems appropriate to give people with a built-in editor for generating and modifying documents.
Figure 2 demonstrates the external structure of the Dynamic Boot loader. If a client manages to turn on a device, the BIOS begins its task after receiving authority. When a device is started turning on, the BIOS software sends the first instructions to the CPU. By default, the BIOS (also known as Basic Input/Output System) does a power-on self-test, and makes sure that all elements of the computer are working correctly. To examine if a relaunch is needed. Or otherwise, it will do a random-access memory (RAM) read/write test on your computer, along with a keyboard and mouse examination, and also the PCI bus and expansion cards. Checks to see whether the system's CMOS settings are correct. Verify what modules are implemented in your computing device and also essential operating system details. At last, BIOS assigns influence to the appropriate device prioritizes set in the boot tab. Following that, the operating system's main loader carries over.
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1. Dynamic boot loader in USB drive with enhanced user experience comprises of Load MS OS Restore Network Configuration Authentication
2. A strategy of implementing software, constituting: beginning the installation of software on a computing console; evaluating if the software is preserved in the handling device's memory in the event of a disruptions in the installation phase; If the source code is already deposited in the computing device's memory, you can resume implementing it without having to uninstall it again.
3. By claim 1, A system includes, a CPU combined to a computer memory system software segmented into a first and second segment; an operating system (OS) an operating system loader for stacking and deploying the OS, the OS loader segmented into a first and second component a pre-boot loader.
4. If a client manages to turn on a device, the BIOS begins its task after receiving authority. When a device is started turning on, the BIOS software sends the first instructions to the CPU.
5. By default, the BIOS (also known as Basic Input/Output System) does a power-on self test, and makes sure that all elements of the computer are working correctly. To examine if a relaunch is needed. Read/write test on the computer's random-access memory and keyboard and mouse. PCI bus and expansion cards are covered, too. Checks to see whether the system's CMOS settings are correct. Check to see whether your computer equipment has any modules and also critical operating system information.
6. At last, BIOS assigns influence to the appropriate device prioritizes set in the boot tab. Following that, the operating system's main loader carries over. According to claim 1, Network Configuration shows network configuration components of user's computer system includes IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS, Tertiary DNS, Web Key and SSI.
7. The first assertion is that the software component of Dynamic Boot Loader is comprised of stages 1, 2, and DBL code, and runs from USB when the system restarts.
8. The windows boot loader stage 1 by claim 8, the first sector of hard disk is Master Boot Record. The dynamic boot loader minimizes the demand for a boot loader and the require for user expertise on boot sequence modification. Using the dynamic boot loader concept enables any inexperienced user to consume the portable USB system to execute without having to be concerned about the understanding of BIOS configurations.
DYNAMIC BOOT LOADER IN USB DRIVE WITH ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE
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