Patent ID: 8898659

Claim:
A fixed image factory installation system for installing a fixed image onto an information handling system comprising: a computer system comprising at least one processor; an operating system installation module, the operating system installation module executing on the computer system and installing an operating system onto the information handling system; a fully integrated system test (FIST) module executing on the computer system, the FIST module starting the information handling system after the operating system is installed and installing drivers and applications for the installed operating system; an additional operating system installation module executing on the computer system, the additional operating system installation module installing an additional operating system onto an additional partition of the information handling system when a multiple operating system indication is set; and, an additional FIST module executing on the computer system, the additional FIST module comprising code to trigger an additional FIST process, the additional FIST module accessing the additional partition of the information handling system after the additional operating system is installed and installing drivers and applications for the installed additional operating system; and wherein the additional FIST module tracks driver installation instructions to the additional partition and omits installing drivers which do not need to be enabled on the additional partition; the additional operating system installation module includes a cleanup module, the cleanup module removing unneeded driver folders and registries from the additional partition after successful installation of drivers and applications; and, the additional FIST module includes a debug failure mode, the debug failure mode enabling booting into the additional partition to perform root cause analysis on failures.