METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE FILE

• US 20090185761A1
• Filed: 01/18/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, Tom, LIU, Win-Harn, HE, Jiang
• Application Number:
  US12/016,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20090185761A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/305
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order

Abstract

A method of generating an image file may generate corresponding image files from data units in a first storage device of a source. The method of generating an image file includes generating an image file head according to hardware parameter information of the first storage device; partitioning the first storage device into a plurality of data units with the same size; performing a compression process to compress data in the data units, respectively, thereby generating corresponding compressed data blocks; sequentially storing the compressed data blocks in a data area of the image file; creating an index table to use an index value to record start positions of the data units in the first storage device and positions of the compressed data blocks in the data area into the index table; and creating a file foot information to mark a file length of the image file.

Claims

1. A method of generating an image file, wherein the image file in a first storage device of a source is generated by using a computer to perform following steps, the method comprising:

generating an image file head according to hardware parameter information of the first storage device;

partitioning the first storage device into a plurality of data units with the same size;

performing a compression process to compress data in the data units, respectively, thereby generating corresponding compressed data blocks;

sequentially storing the compressed data blocks in a data area of the image file;

creating an index table to use an index value to record start positions of the data units in the first storage device and positions of the compressed data blocks in the data area into the index table; and

creating a file foot information to mark a file length of the image file.

2. The method of generating an image file as claimed in claim 1, wherein the size of each of the data units is 2 MB.

3. The method of generating an image file as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of recording file information of the compressed data block further comprises:

recording a data size of effective data stored in the data units;

recording a data size of the compressed data block; and

creating a check code, so as to identify and check the compressed data block.

4. The method of generating an image file as claimed in claim 3, wherein the check code is generated by using a cyclic redundancy check (CRC).

5. The method of generating an image file as claimed in claim 3, wherein the check code is generated by using an MD5.

6. The method of generating an image file as claimed in claim 3, wherein the check code is generated by using a low-density parity-check code (LDPC).