Electronic Device Capable of Automatically Setting up Operating Systems and Related Method and System

• US 20110107074A1
• Filed: 09/19/2010
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Chan, Chun-Chieh, Lu, Kung-Hua
• Granted Patent: US 8,904,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4406 Loading of operating system

Abstract

To reduce human resource cost, a method of automatically, consecutively setting up multiple operating systems, for an electronic device operating in an operating system, includes clearing a partition sector of the electronic device during operation of the operating system to generate an emptied boot record status, and setting up a target operating system according to the emptied boot record status and a setup procedure associated with the target operating system when the electronic device reboots.

Claims

1. An electronic device capable of automatically, consecutively setting up multiple operating systems, the electronic device comprising:

a system operation unit operated in an operating system;

a receiving unit for receiving a target operating system;

a setup procedure module for providing a setup procedure associated with the target operating system;

a setup guiding module for clearing a partition sector of the electronic device during operation of the operating system to generate an emptied boot record status; and

a system setup unit for setting up the target operating system according to the emptied boot record status and the setup procedure when the electronic device reboots.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the system operation unit is operated in the target operating system after the system setup unit sets up the target operating system.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device has a boot sequence in which a hard disk booting is arranged before a non-hard disk booting.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the receiving unit is a network unit coupled to a server, and is further used for receiving the setup procedure module, the setup guiding module and a hardware test module used for testing the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the system operation unit further generates a system indication module for indicating the target operating system to the server.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the receiving unit is a data transmission interface and is further used for receiving the setup procedure module, the setup guiding module and a hardware test module used for testing the electronic device.

7. A method of automatically, consecutively setting up multiple operating systems, for an electronic device operated in an operating system, the method comprising:

clearing a partition sector of the electronic device during operation of the operating system to generate an emptied boot record status; and

setting up a target operating system according to the emptied boot record status and a setup procedure associated with the target operating system when the electronic device reboots.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising switching to be operated in the target operating system after the target operating system is set up.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the electronic device has a boot sequence in which a hard disk booting is arranged before a non-hard disk booting.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

utilizing a network to couple to a server; and

receiving the target operating system, a setup procedure module used for providing the setup procedure, and a setup guiding module from the server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein clearing the partition sector of the electronic device during operation of the operating system to generate the emptied boot record status comprises:

clearing the partition sector of the electronic device according to the setup guiding module during operation of the operating system, to generate the emptied boot record status.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating a system indication module for indicating the target operating system to the server.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

utilizing a data transmission interface for receiving the target operating system, a setup procedure module used for providing the setup procedure, and a setup guiding module.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein clearing the partition sector of the electronic device during operation of the operating system to generate the emptied boot record status comprises:

clearing the partition sector of the electronic device according to the setup guiding module during operation of the operating system, to generate the emptied boot record status.

15. A method of automatically, consecutively setting up multiple operating systems, for a test system, the method comprising:

providing a server including a plurality of operating systems under test and a remote install environment;

providing a device under test, hereinafter called DUT, coupled to the server and operated in a third operating system of the plurality of operating systems under test, wherein the DUT is compatible with the remote install environment and includes a third setup guiding module associated with the third operating system and a fourth setup procedure module associated with a fourth operating system of the plurality of operating systems under test;

utilizing the third setup guiding module to clear a partition sector of the DUT, to generate an emptied boot record status;

rebooting the DUT operated in the third operating system;

after the DUT is rebooted, entering a network boot procedure according to the emptied boot record status for loading the remote install environment;

setting up the fourth operating system from the server into the DUT according to the fourth setup procedure module under the remote install environment; and

performing a fourth test procedure associated with the fourth operating system after the fourth operating system is completely set up into the DUT.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising performing a third test procedure associated with the third operating system during the DUT operation in the third operating system.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the third operating system is the first operating system set up in the DUT among the plurality of operating systems under test.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

loading the remote install environment on the DUT; and

setting up the third operating system from the server into the DUT according to a third setup procedure module associated with the third operating system under the remote install environment.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein setting up the third operating system from the server into the DUT according to the third setup procedure under the remote install environment comprises:

the server configuring a network address to the DUT;

establishing a network file-sharing and transmitting link between the server and the DUT; and

utilizing the network file-sharing and transmitting link to transmit the third operating system to the DUT for setup.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the third operating system is the second operating system set up in the DUT among the plurality of operating systems under test.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

when the DUT is operated in a fifth operating system, clearing a partition sector of the DUT according to a fifth setup guiding module associated with the fifth operating system, to generate an emptied boot record status, wherein the fifth operating system is a preceding operating system of the third operating system set up in the DUT;

rebooting the DUT operated in the fifth operating system;

entering a network boot procedure according to the emptied boot record status for loading the remote install environment after the DUT is rebooted; and

setting up the third operating system from the server into the DUT according to the third setup procedure module associated with the third operating system under the remote setup environment.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein setting up the fourth operating system from the server into the DUT according to the setup procedure module under the remote install environment comprises:

the server configuring a network address to the DUT;

establishing a network file-sharing and transmitting link between the server and the DUT; and

utilizing the network file-sharing and transmitting link to transmit the fourth operating system to the DUT for setup.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the third setup guiding module and the fourth setup procedure module are transmitted to the DUT after being generated by the server.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising the DUT operated in the third operating system generating a system indication module to indicate the server that the next target operating system is the fourth operating system.

25. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a test database coupled to the server and the DUT, for providing test parameters of the fourth test procedure.