JPH05204614A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly learn operation by making it possible to set up the using state of an optional area in an optional device to use or abort from the initial start of an operating system. CONSTITUTION:When a return key is depressed after setting up a cursor to an area state item, the using state of the area is switched to use or abort by switching a using state flag in area managing information stored in a RAM 3 to ON or OFF. When an ESC key is depressed in the case of ending the editing operation of a filing device 6, a selection menu is outputted and whether the result of current editing operation is to be written in the device 6 or not is selected. At the time of selecting no writing, the area managing information stored in the RAM 3 is returned to the original area, and at the time of selecting the writing, the contents of the information are written in the device 6. When this operation is applied to all filing devices 6 to be edited, the using state of an optional area in an optional filing device 6 can be set up to use or abort.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention activates a startup program of an operating system from a file device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk, and uses the usage status of any area of any file device before starting the operating system. The present invention relates to a processing device having a function that can be set to sleep.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a conventional method for setting a use state of an arbitrary area of an arbitrary file device 6 as use or suspension. Optional file device 6
When it is desired to start the operating system after changing the usage status of any area of the above, the startup program 8 is started (602) after the power is turned on or reset (601). Therefore, when the system area of the operating system that can access the area whose state is to be changed is in use (603), the operating system is activated from that area (604). If the operating system area that can access the area whose status you want to change is dormant (603), reset it once (60
5) Then, the operating system is booted from the floppy disk (606). Next, a utility that can change the state of the area is started (607), the state of the area is changed (608), and then reset (609). When the startup program 8 is started (610), the operating system is started from there (611), which is a very complicated and long procedure. Such conventional settings are described in "Reference Manual" Vers. 4.01 (pages 117-127) issued by the applicant of the present invention.

[0003]

Further, when it is desired to change the state of the area of a different operating system, it is necessary to perform the above procedure for each area of each operating system, which increases the number of times the operating system is restarted. Further, since the method of changing the state of the area differs depending on the operating system, it takes a long time to learn the processing method, which is extremely complicated.

An object of the present invention is to set the use state of any area of any device to use or sleep before starting the operating system, and perform the operation of changing the use state of the area simply and uniformly. Therefore, it is possible to easily learn the processing method, and it is possible to set the usage state of any area of any device from the first startup without starting the operating system more than once.

[0005]

An information processing apparatus comprising at least a ROM or RAM for providing a software program, an input device such as a keyboard, an output device such as a CRT, and a file device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk. A means for setting a use state of an arbitrary area of the arbitrary file device as use or suspension from a startup program of an operating system for operating the information processing device is provided.

[0006]

[Function] By using the start-up program of the operating system, the use state of any area of any device can be set or set to be inactive, so that any area of any device can be used from the first startup of any operating system. You can choose to use the state or pause.
Also, the usage status can be set by the same operation without restarting in a different operating system area.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, a state in which the operating system is started after the start-up program 8 sets the use state of an arbitrary area of the arbitrary file device 6 to use or sleep after the power is turned on or reset will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of the entire information processing system. 1 is a CPU, 2 is a ROM, and 3 is a block diagram.
Is RAM, 4 is an input device such as a keyboard, and 5 is a CRT
The output device 6 is a file device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk. 2 is a flowchart for changing the usage state of the area, which is a feature of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a memory configuration diagram when the startup program 8 reads the area management information 7 into the RAM 3, and FIG. An output diagram of the program 8 to the output device 5, FIG. 5 is a part of the format of the area management information 7 stored in the sector 1 (second sector) of the file device 6.

In FIG. 2, when the power is turned on or reset (201), the IPL of the file device 6 loads the startup program 8 from the file device 6 into the RAM 3. Here, control is transferred to the startup program 8 loaded in the RAM 3 (202), and the startup program 8 transfers the area management information 7 from the file device 6 to the R
Load into AM3 (Figure 3). If there is an area whose usage status is to be changed in any of the file devices 6, select the file device 6 with the cursor keys and then press the function key f.2. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the output diagram of the output device 5 shifts to the edit mode screen in the area state. Use the cursor keys to select the item you want to edit and press the return key. In this embodiment, in addition to changing the usage state, the area name can be edited or the area for automatic activation can be set.
When the cursor is moved to the area status item and the return key is pressed, the usage status can be switched to use or sleep by switching the usage status flag on and off on the area management information 7 on the RAM 3 (FIG. 5). ). When the editing operation of the file device 6 is desired to be finished, the ESC key is pressed to display a selection menu, and it is possible to select whether to write the result of the current editing operation to the file device 6 or not. When it is selected not to write, the area management information 7 on the RAM 3 is restored. When writing is selected, the contents of the area management information 7 on the RAM 3 are written to the file device 6
Write in. By performing this operation for all the file devices 6 to be edited, it is possible to set the state of any area of the arbitrary file device 6 to use or pause.

After the editing operation is completed (203), an arbitrary operating system is started (204) so that the state of an arbitrary area of the arbitrary file device 6 is used or paused from the first operating system startup. Can be selected. Here, in (202), when the user wants to start the operating system in this state, the user selects the file device 6 and the area to be started with the cursor keys and starts the operating system (204).

[0011]

When the startup program according to the present invention is started from a file device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk, the use state of any area of any device is set to use or sleep from the start of the first operating system. By doing so, it is no longer necessary to start the operating system more than once to change the usage status of the area, and the area status can be changed with the same operation even in the areas of different operating systems, so learning the operation is possible. It has the effect of being faster.
According to the present invention, the size of the program added to the start-up program may be several KB, so that there is no cost burden.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an entire information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a memory configuration diagram according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a CRT output diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a recording format diagram of area management information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: CPU 2: ROM 3: RAM 4: Input device 5: Output device 6: File device 7: Area management information 8: Startup program

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. R for providing a software program
OM or RAM, input device such as keyboard, CR
An information processing apparatus including at least an output device such as T and a file device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk, which is selected from an arbitrary area of the file device from a startup program of an operating system for operating the information processing device. An information processing apparatus comprising means for setting a use state to use or sleep.