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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2019
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A bootable update image file may be configured to, if operating system driver updates associated with a firmware update are boot-critical: modify a boot order of the information handling system to cause the information handling system to boot to an operating system of the information handling system such that the operating system fetches driver update packages from an update partition of the information handling system, applies the driver update packages, and modifies the boot order to cause the information handling system to boot to the bootable image file in a subsequent boot and in the subsequent boot, apply the firmware update; and, if driver updates are non-boot-critical: apply the firmware update and modify the boot order to cause the information handling system to boot to the operating system such that the operating system fetches the driver update packages from an update partition and applies the driver update packages.