CN1904831A - Starting processing method and system for hard disk-free computer platform - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a computer platform starting up process method and system with out hard disk. It at least includes user operating interface module, virtual hard disk planning module, operation system loading module and virtual hard disk starting up module. It sets a virtual hard disk storing space from memory and loads operation system into virtual disk storage space. When starting up computer, the starting up program would be loaded by the virtual hard disk storing space. The invention does not need hard disk to load operation system and could rapidly start up computer.
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The invention relates to a kind of computer information technology, particularly about a kind of computer platform starting processing method and system of hard disk-free, be applied in the computer platform, provide the start of hard disk-free to handle to this computer platform, this computer platform can carry out the boot program that operating system loads by Winchester disk drive.
Background technology
As user during with the electric power starting of computer platform, the initial step of the internal host circuit of computer platform promptly is that (operating system OS) is loaded on the main memory from hard disk unit with operating system.After operating system successfully was loaded into main memory, user's operating and controlling interface that the user can provide by operating system was controlled computer platform and is carried out various required application functions.
On the traditional method, operating system on the computer platform normally is installed in the Fixed disk device on the computer platform in advance, and utilize BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) system program in advance this hard disk unit to be set at initial program loading (Initial Program Load, IPL) device, later on when the electric power starting of computer platform, the BIOS system program of this computer platform is the procedure code of read operation system from this hard disk unit automatically, and these procedure codes are loaded in the main memory.
Yet in the practical application, above-mentioned is that the storing media starting processing method of operating system has multinomial shortcoming with the hard disk unit, for example comprise that the load time of operating system is long, access speed is slow, damage more easily takes place hard disk unit and running noise greatly and extra connector and the circuit of needs hard disk unit is connected to computer platform.
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For overcoming the shortcoming of above-mentioned prior art, fundamental purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of computer platform starting processing method and system of hard disk-free, makes the boot program of computer platform have short operating system load time and access speed faster.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of computer platform starting processing method and system of hard disk-free, the operating system storing media that it adopts is more reliable and difficult the damage than hard disk unit.
Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of computer platform starting processing method and system of hard disk-free, and the operating system storing media that it adopts does not almost completely have noise when practical operation.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a kind of computer platform starting processing method and system of hard disk-free, and the operating system storing media that it adopts does not need extra connector and circuit to be connected to computer platform.
The computer platform starting processing method and the system of hard disk-free of the present invention are applied in computer platform, for example desktop PC, notebook computer, the webserver, network workstation etc., provide the start of hard disk-free to handle to this computer platform, this computer platform can carry out the boot program that operating system loads by hard disk.
The computer platform starting-up method of hard disk-free of the present invention comprises at least: the computer platform starting processing method of this hard disk-free comprises at least: cook up the virtual hard disk storage area in the internal memory of this computer platform; The procedure code of an operating system storing in the operating system original device is loaded into this virtual hard disk storage area; And when this computer platform sends the start request event, respond this start request event, and carry out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area, carry out the boot program of this computer platform.
The computer platform start disposal system of hard disk-free of the present invention comprises at least: user's operating and controlling interface module, and the response user controls the virtual hard disk planning requirement incident of activation, responsively produces virtual hard disk planning active information; The virtual hard disk planning module responds the virtual hard disk planning active information that this user's operating and controlling interface module produces, and cooks up the virtual hard disk storage area in the internal memory in this computer platform; The operating system load-on module, the operating system that the response user activates loads the incident of controlling, procedure code with an operating system storing in the operating system original device is loaded into the virtual hard disk storage area that this virtual hard disk planning module is cooked up in this internal memory; And the virtual hard disk starting module, when this computer platform sends the start request event, respond this start request event, carry out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area, carry out the boot program of this computer platform.
In sum, the computer platform starting processing method of hard disk-free of the present invention and system cook up the virtual hard disk storage area from internal memory, and the operating system program sign indicating number is loaded in this virtual hard disk storage area, computer platform is directly carried out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area and is finished boot program when start.The invention enables boot program not need by hard disk load operation system, the operating system load time that has than weak point reaches access speed faster, and the storage of operating system program sign indicating number is more reliable and difficult to be damaged, almost completely do not have noise and extra connector and circuit need be set on the host circuit board of computer platform when practical operation.
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Fig. 1 is the system architecture synoptic diagram, shows the application mode of computer platform start disposal system of hard disk-free of the present invention and the Object Oriented OO component model of entity structure thereof; And
Fig. 2 person of being to use operating and controlling interface synoptic diagram shows that of user's operating and controlling interface that the computer platform start disposal system of hard disk-free of the present invention shows implements example on computer platform.
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Below be conjunction with figs., describe the computer platform starting processing method of hard disk-free of the present invention and the embodiment of system in detail.
Fig. 1 shows the application mode of computer platform start disposal system (part that comprises as label 100 indication frame of broken lines) of hard disk-free of the present invention and the Object Oriented OO component model (object-oriented component model) of entity structure thereof.As shown in the figure, in computer platform start disposal system 100 practical applications of hard disk-free of the present invention is to carry to computer platform 10, for example desktop PC, notebook computer, the webserver, network workstation etc., and must be equiped with internal memory in advance on this computer platform 10, dynamic RAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory for example, DRAM) 20, provide the start processing capacity of hard disk-free to this computer platform 10, this computer platform 10 can carry out the boot program that operating system loads by hard disk.
As shown in Figure 1, the Object Oriented OO component model (object-oriented component model) of the entity structure of the computer platform of hard disk-free of the present invention start disposal system 100 comprises at least: (a) user's operating and controlling interface module 110; (b) the virtual hard disk planning module 120; (c) the operating system load-on module 130; And (d) virtual hard disk starting module 140.On concrete the enforcement, the computer platform of hard disk-free of the present invention start disposal system 100 for example can realize with computer program fully, and BIOS (Basic Input/OutputSystem) system program that this computer program for example is incorporated into this computer platform 10 in add-on module (add-onmodule) mode of a piece of wood serving as a brake to halt a carriage bodily form formula provided the start processing capacity of required hard disk-free.The attribute separately and the function of above-mentioned each module 110,120,130,140 below are described respectively.
User's operating and controlling interface module 110 demonstrates user's operating and controlling interface 111 as shown in Figure 2 on the screen 11 of computer platform 10 behind the electric power starting of this computer platform 10, whether the inquiry user will build and put virtual hard disk; If the user selects "Yes", then the user must specify the capacity of required virtual hard disk again, and then " determining " key (annotate user's operating and controlling interface 111 shown in Figure 2 and only reach information and the control option of exemplarily expressing required demonstration in a schematic way, on concrete enforcement many other multi-form equivalent embodiments can be arranged) is pressed in choosing.The control action of user on this user's operating and controlling interface 111 promptly represented virtual hard disk planning request event 201, can make user's operating and controlling interface module 110 responsively send corresponding virtual hard disk planning active information to virtual hard disk planning module 120.
The virtual hard disk planning active information that the above-mentioned user's operating and controlling interface module 110 of virtual hard disk planning module 120 responses is sent, cook up virtual hard disk storage area 121 among the DRAM 20 in this computer platform 10, and the storage attribute of this virtual hard disk storage area 121 is set at non-volatile (just make the data that store in the virtual hard disk storage area 121 under the pent situation of computer platform 10 power supplys, still can forever not keep and can disappear).In addition, virtual hard disk planning module 120 also optionally is set at this virtual hard disk storage area 121 the prepreerence initial program of order and loads (Initial Program Load, IPL) device.On concrete the enforcement, this virtual hard disk planning module 120 is for example to adopt ACPI S3 (Advanced Configurationand Power Interface, Sleep Mode 3) internal memory sleep mode function (Suspend to RAM) is set at the storage attribute of the virtual hard disk storage area 121 among this DRAM 20 non-volatile; And and then adopt BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) standard that this virtual hard disk storage area 121 is set at the prepreerence initial program charger of order.Because ACPI and BBS are the standard criterion that the computerized information industry is commonly used and know, therefore in this instructions, it is not described further.
The operating system that operating system load-on module 130 can respond user's activation loads the incident 202 of controlling, with operating system original device 30, the procedure code of an operating system of for example storing in the floppy or CD drive is loaded into the virtual hard disk storage area 121 that above-mentioned virtual hard disk planning module 120 is cooked up in this DRAM 20.After this loading procedure is finished, be set at non-volatile by virtual hard disk planning module 120 in advance because the storage attribute of virtual hard disk storage area 121 as institute is above-mentioned, therefore the operating system program sign indicating number that wherein loads still can forever not keep and can disappear under the pent situation of computer platform 10 power supplys.
When virtual hard disk starting module 140 sends start request event 203 at this computer platform 10 (for example the user opens the power supply of computer platform 10 again or presses reset button), respond this start request event 203, directly carry out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in the virtual hard disk storage area 121 of planning among this DRAM 20, carry out the boot program of this computer platform 20.
Below mode of operation when computer platform start disposal system 100 practical applications of hard disk-free of the present invention being described with example.
Please consult Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 simultaneously, during practical application, the user can be behind computer platform 10 electric power startings, at first enter the BIOS system program and enable user's operating and controlling interface module 110 in the computer platform start disposal system 100 of hard disk-free of the present invention, make this user's operating and controlling interface module 110 that as shown in Figure 2 user's operating and controlling interface 111 is provided, whether the user selects will build to put virtual hard disk; If the user selects "No", then computer platform 10 will be set at and still use traditional approach to carry out the boot program that operating system loads; Otherwise if the user selects "Yes", then the user must be again and then is specified the capacity of required virtual hard disk, for example be 1GB, and then " determining " key is pressed in choosing, can finish virtual hard disk planning request event 201, user's operating and controlling interface module 110 is responsively sent corresponding virtual hard disk planning active information to virtual hard disk planning module 120, virtual hard disk planning module 120 is responsively among the DRAM 20 in this computer platform 10, cook up the virtual hard disk storage area 121 of designated capabilities, and with the storage attribute of this virtual hard disk storage area 121, for example be set to non-volatile, make the data that store in the virtual hard disk storage area 121 under the pent situation of computer platform 10 power supplys, still can forever not keep and can disappear by ACPI S3 internal memory sleep mode function.In addition, virtual hard disk planning module 120 also optionally is set at this virtual hard disk storage area 121 the prepreerence initial program charger of order.
Finish after the above-mentioned virtual hard disk planning procedure, the user then can control incident 202 by these user's operating and controlling interface module 110 activation manipulation system loads again, make operating system load-on module 130 responsively with operating system original device 30, the procedure code of an operating system of for example storing in the floppy or CD drive is loaded into this virtual hard disk storage area 121.After this loading procedure is finished, because the storage attribute of this virtual hard disk storage area 121 is set at non-volatile by this virtual hard disk planning module 120 as mentioned above in advance, therefore the operating system program sign indicating number that loads still can forever not keep and can disappear under the situation of computer platform 10 power-offs.
Finish after the aforesaid operations system loads program, computer platform 10 can be carried out the procedure code that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area 121, realizes various required Operational System Control functions.If the user is computer platform 10 power-offs, then because the storage attribute of this virtual hard disk storage area 121 has been redefined for non-volatilely, therefore the operating system program sign indicating number that loads still can forever not keep and can disappear.Afterwards when the user opens these computer platform 10 power supplys once again, if virtual hard disk storage area 121 is redefined for the prepreerence initial program charger of order by virtual hard disk planning module 120, it will activate the virtual hard disk starting module 140 in the computer platform start disposal system 100 of hard disk-free of the present invention, response start request event 203 allows this computer platform 10 carry out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area 121, finishes the boot program of this computer platform 20.
The computer platform starting processing method of hard disk-free of the present invention comprises above step at least: at first, cook up the virtual hard disk storage area in the internal memory in this computer platform 10; Secondly the procedure code with an operating system storing in the operating system original device 30 is loaded into this virtual hard disk storage area 121; When this computer platform 10 sends the start request event, respond this start request event at last, carry out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area 121, carry out the boot program of this computer platform.
Generally speaking, the invention provides a kind of computer platform starting processing method and system of hard disk-free of novelty, the computer platform of can arranging in pairs or groups provides the start of hard disk-free to handle; The present invention cooks up the virtual hard disk storage area from internal memory (for example being DRAM), and the operating system program sign indicating number is loaded in this virtual hard disk storage area, computer platform is directly carried out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area and is finished boot program when start.The invention enables boot program not need by hard disk load operation system, having, the operating system load time of weak point reaches access speed faster, the storage of operating system program numeric data code is more reliable and difficult damages, when practical operation, almost completely do not have noise, extra connector and circuit need be set on the host circuit board of computer platform simultaneously.
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1. the computer platform starting processing method of a hard disk-free is applied in computer platform, provides the start of hard disk-free to handle to this computer platform, it is characterized in that the computer platform starting processing method of this hard disk-free comprises at least:
In the internal memory of this computer platform, cook up the virtual hard disk storage area;
The procedure code of an operating system storing in the operating system original device is loaded into this virtual hard disk storage area; And
When this computer platform sends the start request event, respond this start request event, carry out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area, carry out the boot program of this computer platform.
2. the computer platform starting processing method of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this computer platform is a desktop PC.
3. the computer platform starting processing method of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this computer platform is a notebook computer.
4. the computer platform starting processing method of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this computer platform is the webserver.
5. the computer platform starting processing method of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this computer platform is a network workstation.
6. the computer platform starting processing method of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, saves as dynamic RAM in this.
7. the computer platform of hard disk-free start disposal system, the computer platform of can arranging in pairs or groups provides the start of hard disk-free to handle to this computer platform, it is characterized in that, and the computer platform start disposal system of this hard disk-free comprises at least:
User's operating and controlling interface module, the response user controls the virtual hard disk planning requirement incident of activation, responsively produces virtual hard disk planning active information;
The virtual hard disk planning module responds the virtual hard disk planning active information that this user's operating and controlling interface module produces, and cooks up the virtual hard disk storage area in the internal memory in this computer platform;
The operating system load-on module, the operating system that the response user activates loads the incident of controlling, procedure code with an operating system storing in the operating system original device is loaded into the virtual hard disk storage area that this virtual hard disk planning module is cooked up in this internal memory; And
The virtual hard disk starting module when this computer platform sends the start request event, responds this start request event, carries out the operating system program sign indicating number that stores in this virtual hard disk storage area, carries out the boot program of this computer platform.
8. the computer platform of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 7 start disposal system is characterized in that this computer platform is a desktop PC.
9. the computer platform of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 7 start disposal system is characterized in that this computer platform is a notebook computer.
10. the computer platform of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 7 start disposal system is characterized in that this computer platform is the webserver.
11. the computer platform of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 7 start disposal system is characterized in that this computer platform is a network workstation.
12. the computer platform of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 7 start disposal system is characterized in that, saves as dynamic RAM in this.
13. the computer platform of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 7 start disposal system is characterized in that, this virtual hard disk planning module is the internal memory sleep mode function that adopts ACPI S3, is set at the storage attribute of this virtual hard disk storage area non-volatile.
14. the computer platform of hard disk-free as claimed in claim 7 start disposal system is characterized in that, this virtual hard disk planning module is to adopt the BBS standard, and this virtual hard disk storage area is set at the prepreerence initial program charger of order.
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