Patent ID: 8146076

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for customizing boot disk images using prioritization, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: providing a staging area configured to receive files for creating a customized boot disk image, wherein the staging area is configured such that later received files override previously received files of the same name; providing a nested folder structure; assigning a prioritization order to the nested folder structure, wherein the prioritization order specifies that higher-level folders within the nested folder structure are to be processed before lower-level folders within the nested folder structure; copying a plurality of sets of files from the nested folder structure into the staging area based on the prioritization order assigned to the nested folder structure such that files copied from lower-level folders within the nested folder structure into the staging area override files of the same name that were previously copied from higher-level folders within the nested folder structure into the staging area; executing a set of modification commands to perform at least one modification to the contents of the staging area; compiling the contents of the staging area to create the customized boot disk image.