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US07757072B2 Method and apparatus for presenting drivers stored on utility partition of hard disk through virtual floppy to operating system installer
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通过虚拟软盘向操作系统安装程序呈现存储在硬盘实用程序分区上的驱动程序的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for presenting drivers stored on utility partition of hard disk through virtual floppy to operating system installer
- Patent Title (中): 通过虚拟软盘向操作系统安装程序呈现存储在硬盘实用程序分区上的驱动程序的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11466166Application Date: 2006-08-22
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Publication No.: US07757072B2Publication Date: 2010-07-13
- Inventor: Wei Liu , Kevin W. Deike , Manoj Gujarathi , Mukund P. Khatri , Charles T. Perusse, Jr. , Theodore Webb
- Applicant: Wei Liu , Kevin W. Deike , Manoj Gujarathi , Mukund P. Khatri , Charles T. Perusse, Jr. , Theodore Webb
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F15/177
- IPC: G06F15/177

Abstract:
Installable device drivers may be stored on a partition, e.g., Utility Partition (UP) or other OEM partition, of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) storage device, e.g., hard disk drive, by associating an INT13h Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) interrupt call, e.g., reading from floppy disk drive a: or drive b: a desired storage device driver during the normal course of installing an operating system (OS), e.g., Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, Unix, etc., on the information handling system, e.g., personal computer, server, blade server, storage array, workstation, etc. The run-time loading of a raw floppy image having OS installable drivers residing in the Utility Partition or other hidden partition on the hard disk may be presented as a virtual floppy disk drive to the OS installer, e.g., person (manual) or scripted (automated) process.
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