Quick Reference Guide

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UPINIT
The UPINIT utility is used to make a utility partition (UP) on a hard drive, format the partition, and
extract the partition contents onto the disk.
Features
The UPINIT utility has the following general features:
• Displays help and usage information.
• Returns specific error codes and messages.
NOTE: In Microsoft
®
Windows
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Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), you can find the
UPINIT utility in \DELL\TOOLKIT\TEMPLATES\SCRIPTS. In Linux, you can find it in
/opt/dell/toolkit/templates/scripts.
Creating a Partition Using UPINIT
The size of the virtual disk where a utility partition is to be created must be a minimum of 8 GB.
UPINIT performs the following steps:
• Ensures that the UP image file is present and readable.
• Ensures that no partitions are present on the target disk.
• Creates a utility partition of type Dell Utility (DE)
If there is an existing UP, UPINIT does not create a new one. It only updates the existing UP.
If no UP is found, UPINIT exits.
• Updates the boot sector with the UP boot sector image. If required, it updates the master boot
record as well.
• Mounts the partition.
• Uncompresses the UP file onto the UP image.
• Unmounts the partition.
NOTE: On Windows PE, UPINIT runs as a batch file. In Linux, it is a shell script that uses standard Linux
commands to accomplish the same tasks done by the Windows PE counterpart. Both command lines are
identical and the output of the two utilities will be identical if the same image is used.