Described is a system and method used in manufacturing computer devices,
in which a single manufacturing image file contains an internal partition
and file system layout into which individual operating system component
packages are written. The image file is independent of any particular
storage technology. To generate the file, a disk image utility tool
inputs a memory configuration file and a package-to-partition mapping
file to create the partitions/file systems within the image file. The
operating system components (package) are written into the partitions. To
store (e.g., flash) the image file's data on a particular storage device,
the image file is post-processed to customize the data for a particular
storage device.
