Quick Reference Guide

UPINIT 191
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
®
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.