US 2006/0069907 A1 · Method for installing and reinstalling an operating system

Abstract

A method for installing an operating system in a computer includes: enabling the computer to execute a bootstrapping program; enabling the computer to configure a storage device thereof with a system partition and an operating partition, and to make a backup of the bootstrapping program and an operating system loading program in the system partition; and enabling rebooting of the computer through the bootstrapping program, and subsequently enabling the computer to execute the operating system loading program for loading an operating system program to the operating partition, and to set the system partition as a hidden partition. When integrity of the operating system program in the operating partition has been compromised, the computer can be rebooted through the bootstrapping program in the system partition, and the operating system program in the system partition can be executed so as to reload the operating system program to the operating partition.

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Dependent claims

A method for installing an operating system in a computer, comprising the steps of:

a) enabling the computer to read a first storage medium that contains a bootstrapping program and an operating system loading program, and to execute the bootstrapping program;
b) enabling the computer to configure a storage device thereof with a system partition and an operating partition, and to make a backup of the bootstrapping program and the operating system loading program contained in the first storage medium in the system partition;
and
c) enabling rebooting of the computer through the bootstrapping program stored in the system partition, and subsequently enabling the computer to execute the operating system loading program stored in the system partition for reading a second storage medium that contains an operating system program and for loading the operating system program to the operating partition of the storage device, and to set the system partition as a hidden partition.

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A method for reinstalling an operating system in a computer, the computer including a baseboard management controller and a storage device configured with a hidden partition and an operating partition, the hidden partition having a bootstrapping program and an operating system loading program stored therein, comprising the steps of:

a) configuring the baseboard management controller of the computer to enable a remote system administrator platform to set system boot option parameters;
b) based on the system boot option parameters set by the remote system administrator platform, enabling a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of the computer to access the hidden partition, and subsequently enabling the computer to execute the bootstrapping program in the hidden partition;
and
c) enabling the computer to provide a service item menu including a set of service items available for selection, and to execute operations associated with a selected one of the service items.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for installing and reinstalling an operating system

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Method for installing and reinstalling an operating system

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Abstract

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