Computer operating system installation
US6351850B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99954
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein is apparatus and a method of installing a computer operating system on a data storage medium of a computer system. The computer system includes a processor and the data storage medium. The apparatus and method includes reading the data storage medium for a set of storage medium characteristics including the partition boundaries of each existing partition on the data storage medium. An identification of the operating system to be installed on the data storage medium is then received, typically in the form of a user input signal. The installation characteristic set of the identified operating system is then retrieved from an operating system rule database of the computer system, which rule database can contain a set of installation characteristics for each of a plurality of identified operating systems including a space required by each operating system on the storage medium. The read data storage medium characteristic set is compared with the retrieved operating system installation characteristic set. When the two sets differ by one or more characteristics, at least one of the data storage medium characteristics is modified so that the operating system can be instal…
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