CLI Guide

Option Valid Arguments Description
The --overwrite option should be used for upgrading/downgrading purposes. The
--size option is not required when using the --overwrite option because the --
overwrite option does not resize an existing Dell Utility Partition. If any partitions
exist, they are not deleted.
disk
integer, required
(Windows) string,
required (Linux)
Species the disk on which to create a utility partition. This disk is checked to
ensure that there are no existing partitions. Utility exits with an error if the disk
has partitions other than a utility partition.
Use option --overwrite to overwrite an existing utility partition.
Example:
A:>upinit --disk=0 --size=32 --file=
c:\upimage.bin (WinPE Example)
# upinit --disk=/dev/hda --size=32 --
file=/home/BIN/upimage.bin (Linux
Example)
size
integer, required
The size of the utility partition to create. The created utility is at least the size
specied by size and be as close to actual size as drive geometry allows.
Example :
A:>upinit --disk=0 --size=32 --file=
c:\upimage.bin
file
string, required
Species a le that is decompressed onto the utility partition. This le is checked
for existence and availability before any partitions are created on the disk. If the
le is not specied, the utility simply create the utility partition, format it, and
exits. The user has to mount and populate the utility partition. It is very unlikely
that the user do NOT specify the utility partition format.
Example:
A:>upinit --disk=0 --size=32 --file=
c:\upimage.bin
--overwrite
string, optional
Overwrites an existing utility partition. It does not create a new partition or delete
an existing partition.
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