公开(公告)号：BR9004199A

公开(公告)日：1991-09-03

申请号：BR9004199

申请日：1990-08-24

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BEALKOWSKI RICHARD ,  BLACKLEDGE JOHN W JR ,  CRONK DOYLE S ,  DAYAN RICHARD ALAN ,  KINNEAR SCOTT G ,  KOVACH GEORGE D ,  PALKA MATTHEW S JR ,  SACHSENMAIER ROBERT ,  SYVOLOSKI KEVIN MARSHALL ,  DIXON JERRY D ,  MCNEILL ANDREW B ,  WATCHTEL EDWARD I

IPC: G06F13/10 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06F21/22 ,  G06F3/00

Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting BIOS stored on a direct access storage device (62) into a personal computer system (10). The personal computer system (JO) comprises a system processor (26), a system planar (24), a random access main memory (32), a read only memory (36), a protection means and at least one direct access storage device (62). The read only memory (36) includes a first portion of BIOS and data representing the type of system processor (26) and system planar (24) I/O configuration. The first portion of BIOS initializes the system (10) and the direct access storage device (62), and resets the protection means in order to read in a master boot record into the random access memory (32) from a protectable partition on the direct access storage device (62). The master boot record includes a data segment and an executable code segment. The data segment includes data representing system hardware and a system configuration which is supported by the master boot record. The first BIOS portion confirms the master boot record is compatible with the system hardware by verifying that the data from the data segment of the master boot record agrees with the system processor (26), system planar (24), and planar (24) I/O configuration. If the master boot record is compatible with the system hardware, the first BIOS portion vectors the system processor (26) to execute the executable code segment of the master boot record. The executable code segment confirms that the system configuration has not changed and loads in the remaining BIOS portion from the same protectable partition on the direct access storage device (62) into random access memory (32). The executable code segment then verifies the authenticity of the remaining BIOS portion and vectors the system processor (26) to begin executing the BIOS now in random access memory. BIOS, executing in random access memory (32), then activates the protection means to prevent further access to the protectable partition. BIOS boots up the operating system to begin operation of the personal computer system.

公开(公告)号：AU5999390A

公开(公告)日：1991-02-28

申请号：AU5999390

申请日：1990-07-30

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BEALKOWSKI RICHARD ,  BLACKLEDGE JOHN WILEY JR ,  CRONK DOYLE STANFILL ,  DAYAN RICHARD ALAN ,  KINNEAR SCOTT GERARD ,  KOVACH GEORGE D ,  PALKA MATTHEW STEPHEN JR ,  SACHSENMAIER ROBERT ,  ZYVOLOSKI KEVIN MARSHALL ,  DIXON JERRY DUANE ,  WACHTEL EDWARD IRVING

IPC: G06F13/10 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F12/14 ,  G06F21/22

Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting BIOS stored on a direct access storage device (62) into a personal computer system (10). The personal computer system (JO) comprises a system processor (26), a system planar (24), a random access main memory (32), a read only memory (36), a protection means and at least one direct access storage device (62). The read only memory (36) includes a first portion of BIOS and data representing the type of system processor (26) and system planar (24) I/O configuration. The first portion of BIOS initializes the system (10) and the direct access storage device (62), and resets the protection means in order to read in a master boot record into the random access memory (32) from a protectable partition on the direct access storage device (62). The master boot record includes a data segment and an executable code segment. The data segment includes data representing system hardware and a system configuration which is supported by the master boot record. The first BIOS portion confirms the master boot record is compatible with the system hardware by verifying that the data from the data segment of the master boot record agrees with the system processor (26), system planar (24), and planar (24) I/O configuration. If the master boot record is compatible with the system hardware, the first BIOS portion vectors the system processor (26) to execute the executable code segment of the master boot record. The executable code segment confirms that the system configuration has not changed and loads in the remaining BIOS portion from the same protectable partition on the direct access storage device (62) into random access memory (32). The executable code segment then verifies the authenticity of the remaining BIOS portion and vectors the system processor (26) to begin executing the BIOS now in random access memory. BIOS, executing in random access memory (32), then activates the protection means to prevent further access to the protectable partition. BIOS boots up the operating system to begin operation of the personal computer system.

公开(公告)号：FR2613093B1

公开(公告)日：1990-03-23

申请号：FR8716225

申请日：1987-11-18

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BEALKOWSKI RICHARD ,  DORIA DAVID JOSEPH ,  KRANTZ JEFFREY I ,  SOTOMAYOR GUY G ,  VAISKAUCKAS GARY ANTHONY ,  DAYAN RICHARD ALAN ,  KINNEAR SCOTT GERARD ,  LIVERMAN ROBERT B ,  WILLIAMS DONALD D

IPC: G06F9/06 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F12/14

Abstract: A computer system and method for operating a computer system capable of running in mutually incompatible real and protected addressing modes, in which programs written for one mode can be run in the other mode without modification. The BIOS assembles two different common data areas for the two modes, each inclusive of device block pointers, function transfer table pointers, data pointers, and function pointers. The common data area for the real mode is assembled first. To assemble the pointers for the protected mode common data area, the offset values from the real mode area are copied directly, and then selector values are inserted whose physical addresses correspond to the segments of the corresponding pointers in the real mode area. The selector values are derived from a segment descriptor table.

公开(公告)号：IT8819945D0

公开(公告)日：1988-03-25

申请号：IT1994588

申请日：1988-03-25

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BEALKOWSKI RICHARD ,  DAYAN RICHARD ALAN ,  DORIA DAVID JOSEPH ,  KINNEAR SCOTT GERARD ,  KRANTZ JEFFREY I ,  LIVERMAN ROBERT B ,  SOTOMAYOR GUY G ,  WILLIAMS DONALD D ,  VAISKAUCKAS GARY ANTHONY

IPC: G06F9/06 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F12/10 ,  G06F12/14

Abstract: A computer system and method for operating a computer system capable of running in mutually incompatible real and protected addressing modes, in which programs written for one mode can be run in the other mode without modification. The BIOS assembles two different common data areas for the two modes, each inclusive of device block pointers, function transfer table pointers, data pointers, and function pointers. The common data area for the real mode is assembled first. To assemble the pointers for the protected mode common data area, the offset values from the real mode area are copied directly, and then selector values are inserted whose physical addresses correspond to the segments of the corresponding pointers in the real mode area. The selector values are derived from a segment descriptor table.