METHOD OF GENERATING BOOT IMAGE FOR FAST BOOTING AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING FAST BOOTING AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD

摘要

A method of generating a boot image for fast booting an image forming apparatus. In the method, a boot image is generated to contain information regarding a system state after processes that are not used to execute an operating system and at least one application are terminated. Then, the image forming apparatus is fast booted using the boot image.