Creating file systems within a file in a storage...

Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software installation – Including multiple files

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C717S121000, C717S177000, C711S173000

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07614051

ABSTRACT:
Described is a system and method used in manufacturing computer devices, in which a single manufacturing image file contains an internal partition and file system layout into which individual operating system component packages are written. The image file is independent of any particular storage technology. To generate the file, a disk image utility tool inputs a memory configuration file and a package-to-partition mapping file to create the partitions/file systems within the image file. The operating system components (package) are written into the partitions. To store (e.g., flash) the image file's data on a particular storage device, the image file is post-processed to customize the data for a particular storage device.

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