Patent ID: 8043160

Claim:
A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions which when executed by a wagering game machine cause the wagering game machine to perform operations comprising: booting the wagering game machine, wherein the booting is performed in-part by core operating system components installed on a file system of the wagering game machine; downloading, over a network, a non-core operating system component, the non-core operating system component comprising a file system image configured for integration into the file system of the wagering game machine, wherein the non-core operating system component provides services to the core operating system components, and wherein the downloading is performed with assistance from the core operating system components; installing the non-core operating system component onto the file system of the wagering game machine, wherein the installing is performed by the core operating system components, wherein the installing includes mounting the file system image within the file system of the wagering game machine, and wherein the installing does not modify the core operating system components in the file system; and presenting a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered, wherein the presenting is performed in-part by the non-core operating system component.