Method, computer program product, and system for installing an operating system from a storage device using a sector offset
US7287250B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/63
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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