Method and system for creating and employing an operating system having selected functionality
First Claim
1. A computerized method comprising:
- providing a user with access to a text-based script;
editing, by the user, the text-based script to provide a user-customized, text-based script;
booting a first computer from a reduced operating system image on a tangible computer readable medium, wherein said reduced operating system image is of a full operating system image of a second computer having a hardware independent of the first computer; and
performing one or more functions on the first computer according to the user-customized, text-based script, wherein the computerized method is architecture independent.
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Abstract
A system and method of creating and employing an operating system (OS) image having selected functionality. A user, such as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of personal computers (PCs) or an information technology professional, selects a set of OS components from a plurality of OS components available in an installation OS image. The selected set of OS components is installed as the OS image on a computer readable medium such as a CD-ROM. The OS image includes a script for interacting with the OS image to perform functions desired by a user, such as booting a destination computer and installing a reference OS image or recovering the destination computer from a failed installation of the reference OS image.
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55 Claims
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1. A computerized method comprising:
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providing a user with access to a text-based script; editing, by the user, the text-based script to provide a user-customized, text-based script; booting a first computer from a reduced operating system image on a tangible computer readable medium, wherein said reduced operating system image is of a full operating system image of a second computer having a hardware independent of the first computer; and performing one or more functions on the first computer according to the user-customized, text-based script, wherein the computerized method is architecture independent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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means for editing, by a user, a text-based script to provide a user-customized, text-based script; means for booting a first computer from a reduced operating system image on a tangible computer readable medium, wherein said reduced operating system image is of a full operating system image of a second computer having hardware independent of the first computer, and said reduced operating image is hardware independent; and means for performing one or more functions on the first computer according to the user-customized, text-based script to install the reduced operating system image on the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (55)
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24. A computerized method comprising:
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providing a user with access to a text-based script; editing, by the user, the text-based script to provide a user-customized, text-based script; booting a first computer from a reduced operating system image on a tangible computer readable medium, wherein said reduced operating system image is of a full operating system image of a second computer having a hardware independent of the first computer; and installing a full operating system image on the first computer according to the user-customized, text-based script, wherein booting and installing include only one re-boot of the computer and the computerized method is architecture independent. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system comprising:
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a first operating system image with operating system components selected by a user, said first operating system image being hardware independent; a first computer having a second operating system image, said first operating system image being reduced relative to said second operating system image; and a text-based script file customizable by a user which interacts with the first operating system image to install the second operating system image on a second computer having hardware independent from the first computer, wherein said text-based script file includes text editable by a user. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A tangible computer readable recovery medium for use with a first computer, having a full operating system image, and for use with a second computer comprising:
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a reduced operating system image of the full operating system image of the first computer wherein the reduced operating system image is hardware independent; and a text-based script file which interacts wit the reduced operating system image to direct recovery from failure of software on the second computer, and wherein said text-based script file includes text editable by a user, and the second computer has hardware independent from the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A computerized method comprising:
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selecting a subset of operating system components from a plurality of operating system components of a first computer based on a desired functionality to be enabled; generating a list of files associated with the selected subset of operating system components, said generated list of files being text-based and editable by a user; and installing the selected subset of operating system components on a tangible destination medium as the reduced operating system image, wherein installing includes copying the files from an installation medium to the tangible destination medium; and using the tangible destination medium to boot a second computer having hardware independent from the first computer, wherein the computerized method is architecture independent. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A system comprising:
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means for selecting a subset of operating system components from a plurality of operating system components of a first computer based on a desired functionality to be enabled; means for generating a list of files associated with the selected subset of operating system components, said generated list of files being text-based and editable by a user; and means for installing the selected subset of operating system components on a tangible destination medium as the reduced operating system image which is hardware independent, wherein installing includes copying the files from an installation medium to the tangible destination medium; means for using the tangible destination medium to boot a second computer having hardware independent from the first computer.
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47. A system for creating a reduced operating system image on a tangible destination medium from a plurality of operating system components, said system comprising:
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at least one application program which, when executed by one or more processors on a computer, causes the one or more processors to perform acts including allowing a user to select a set of operating system components from the plurality of operating system components of a first computer and generating a list of files associated with the selected set of operating system components, said selected operating system components being selected to enable a desired functionality, said generated list of files being text-based and editable by the user; and operating system component modifications which allow the selected set of operating system components to execute as the reduced operating system image on a second computer wherein the reduced operating system image is hardware independent and the second computer has hardware independent from the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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