Patent ID: 8280816

Claim:
A wagering game machine comprising: at least one processor; at least one wager input software component operative on the at least one processor to receive a wager indication from a player; and one or more additional software components operative on the at least one processor to: download and install a storage device image containing wagering game content; validate the storage device image; transform the storage device image so that it is stored on a virtual storage device; mount the storage device image from the virtual storage device; access files within the storage device image from the mounting point; and validate the files in a manner as the files would be validated if they were resident on the wagering game machine in a physical storage device; wherein the storage device image includes at least one of: a partition table, a file signature table, or DSS signatures; and wherein a loop driver is used to transform the storage device image into a virtual device, and the virtual device is a block device.