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:

• 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.