Patent ID: 7155710

Claim:
A method for preparing a plurality of software files for installation on a gaming device, the method comprising: grouping the plurality of software files into three separate image files consisting of an operating system image file, a control system image file and a game image file; specifying all operating system files in the plurality of software files to be included in the operating system image file, control system and game files in the plurality of software files not included in the operating system image file; specifying all control system files in the plurality of software files to be included in the control system image file, operating system and game files in the plurality of software files not included in the control system image file; specifying all game files in the plurality of software files to included in the game image file, operating system and control system files in the plurality of software files not included in the game image file; creating the operating system image file, the control system image file and the game image file; copying the operating system, control system and game image files to a media accessible from a gaming device; and specifying separate mount points for each of the operating system, control system and game image files; the files of each of said image files being extractable at the respective separate mount points to cause the files of each of said image files to be available for use by the gaming device.