Method and system for providing an event driven image for a boot record

A method for providing an event driven hardfile image in a computer system, the computer system including a hardfile, a hardfile adapter, a master boot record, an operating system, and a legacy partition table, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing an extended physical partition table describing a plurality of partitions on the hardfile;
• (b) allowing the user to define at least one image using a utility, each of the at least one image corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of partitions and to a corresponding event, an image of the at least one image being mapped to the master boot record in response to an occurrence of the corresponding event;
• (c) providing an event driven table including each of the at least one image;
• and
• (d) mapping the image of the at least one image to the master boot record in response to the occurrence of the corresponding event, the mapping step further including
• (d1) consecutively mapping the portion of the plurality of partitions in the image to the legacy partition table.

A computer system including a hardfile, a hardfile adapter, a master boot record and an operating system, the computer system comprising:

• an extended physical partition table describing a plurality of partitions on the hardfile, the extended physical partition table for increasing a number of partitions available on the computer system such that the plurality of partitions is greater than a default set of partitions otherwise available on the computer system;
• a utility for defining at least one image, each of the at least one image corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of partitions and to a corresponding event, an image of the at least one image being mapped to the master boot record in response to an occurrence of the corresponding event;
• and
• an event driven table including each of the at least one image;
• wherein the utility allows the user to select the corresponding event for each of at least one image and allows the user to select the portion of the plurality of partitions for each of the at least one image.

A computer system including a hardfile, a hardfile adapter, a master boot record an operating system, and a legacy partition table, the computer system comprising:

• an extended physical partition table describing a plurality of partitions on the hardfile;
• a utility for defining at least one image, each of the at least one image corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of partitions and to a corresponding event, an image of the at least one image being mapped to the master boot record in response to an occurrence of the corresponding event, the utility mapping the image of the at least one image to the master boot record in response to the occurrence of the corresponding event;
• and
• an event driven table including each of the at least one image;
• wherein the utility consecutively maps the portion of the plurality of partitions in the image to the legacy partition table.