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US 2002/0162100 A1Published application
Method, computer program product, and system for installing an operating system from a storage device using a sector offset
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsTerry Wayne Liles, T. Gavin Smith
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Abstract
A method, computer program product, and system that include identifying a sector offset on a storage device and storing an image onto the storage device at the sector offset where the image includes an operating system. The method also includes providing the sector offset to an installation engine and, subsequent to storing the image on the storage device, initiating the installation engine to cause the operating system to be installed on the storage device using the image.
Claims27
A method performed by a computer system comprising:
- identifying a sector offset on a storage device;
- storing an image onto the storage device at the sector offset, the image including an operating system;
- providing the sector offset to an installation engine;
- and
- subsequent to storing the image on the storage device, initiating the installation engine to cause the operating system to be installed on the storage device using the image.
2 more elements
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer program processable by a computer system for causing the computer system to:
- identify a sector offset on a storage device;
- store an image onto the storage device at the sector offset, the image including an operating system;
- provide the sector offset to an installation engine;
- and
- subsequent to storing the image on the storage device, initiate the installation engine to cause the operating system to be installed on the storage device using the image;
- and
- an apparatus from which the computer program is accessible by the computer system.
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A system comprising:
- a computer system for:
- identifying a sector offset on a storage device;
- storing an image onto the storage device at the sector offset, the image including an operating system;
- providing the sector offset to an installation engine;
- and
- subsequent to storing the image on the storage device, initiating the installation engine to cause the operating system to be installed on the storage device using the image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.