Quick Reference Guide

216 UPINIT
• 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 runs as a shell
script that uses standard Linux commands to accomplish the same tasks as done by
the Windows PE UPINIT utility. Both command lines are identical and the output of
the two utilities are identical when the same image is used.
UPINIT Dependencies
In Linux, UPINIT looks for the following files:
• mbr file in the dell/drmk directory
•
sysdrmk in the dell/toolkit/bin directory
In Windows, UPINIT looks for the following files:
• createup.cfg , mountup.cfg , umountup.cfg, and listup.cfg in the
DELL\TOOLKIT\TEMPLATE\SCRIPTS directory
•
sysdrmk.exe in the DELL\TOOLKIT\TOOLS directory
UPINIT Options and Arguments
Table 5-1 lists the valid options and arguments for the UPINIT utility.